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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;
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ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.
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PART I. FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.
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PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
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PART III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES.
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II. PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES.
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III. CHARLES THE SECOND.
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IV. LATITUDINARIANISM.
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V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES.
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VI. CLERICAL INTEGRITY.
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VII. PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS.
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VIII. ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS.
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IX. WILLIAM THE THIRD.
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X. OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
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XI. SACHEVEREL.
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ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA.
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XVII. PLACES OF WORSHIP.
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XVIII. PASTORAL CHARACTER.
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XIX. THE LITURGY.
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XX. BAPTISM.
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XXI. SPONSORS.
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XXII. CATECHISING.
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XXIII. CONFIRMATION.
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XXIV. CONFIRMATION CONTINUED.
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XXV. SACRAMENT.
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XXVI. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
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XXVII. THANKSGIVING AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
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XXVIII. VISITATION OF THE SICK.
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XXIX. THE COMMINATION SERVICE.
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XXX. FORMS OF PRAYER AT SEA.
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XXXI. FUNERAL SERVICE.
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XXXII. RURAL CEREMONY .
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XXXIII. REGRETS.
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XXXIV. MUTABILITY.
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XXXV. OLD ABBEYS.
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XXXVI. EMIGRANT FRENCH CLERGY.
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XXXVII. CONGRATULATION.
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XXXVIII. NEW CHURCHES.
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XXXIX. CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.
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XL. [CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.] CONTINUED.
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XLI. NEW CHURCH-YARD.
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XLII. CATHEDRALS, ETC.
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XLIII. INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.
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XLIV. THE SAME. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]
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XLV. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]: CONTINUED.
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XLVI. EJACULATION.
  
XLVII. CONCLUSION.
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EVENING VOLUNTARIES.
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POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.
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POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.
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SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.
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SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
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VOL. V.
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Within the soul a faculty abides,
That with interpositions, which would hide
And darken, so can deal that they become
Contingencies of pomp; and serve to exalt
Her native brightness. As the ample moon,
In the deep stillness of a summer even
Rising behind a thick and lofty grove,
Burns, like an unconsuming fire of light,
In the green trees; and, kindling on all sides
Their leafy umbrage, turns the dusky veil
Into a substance glorious as her own,
Yea, with her own incorporated, by power
Capacious and serene. Like power abides
In man's celestial spirit; virtue thus
Sets forth and magnifies herself; thus feeds
A calm, a beautiful, and silent fire,
From the encumbrances of mortal life,
From error, disappointment—nay, from guilt;
And sometimes, so relenting justice wills,
From palpable oppressions of despair.”
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