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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

... In six volumes ... A new edition
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.
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POEMS OF THE FANCY.
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POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION.
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I. THERE WAS A BOY.
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II. TO THE CUCKOO.
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III. A NIGHT-PIECE.
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IV. AIREY-FORCE VALLEY.
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V. YEW-TREES.
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VI. NUTTING.
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VII. THE SIMPLON PASS.
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VIII.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII. THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN.
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XIV. POWER OF MUSIC.
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XV. STAR-GAZERS.
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XVI. WRITTEN IN MARCH,
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XVII.
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XVIII. BEGGARS.
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XIX. SEQUEL TO THE FOREGOING,
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XX. GIPSIES.
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XXI. RUTH.
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XXII. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE.
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XXIII. THE THORN.
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XXIV. HART-LEAP WELL.
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XXV. SONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,
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XXVI. LINES, COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY,
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XXVII.
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XXVIII. FRENCH REVOLUTION,
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XXIX.
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XXX. TO A SKY-LARK.
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XXXI. LAODAMIA.
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XXXII. DION.
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XXXIII. THE PASS OF KIRKSTONE.
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XXXIV. TO ENTERPRISE.
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XXXV. TO ------, ON HER FIRST ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLYN.
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XXXVI. TO A YOUNG LADY, WHO HAD BEEN REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALKS IN THE COUNTRY.
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XXXVII. WATER-FOWL.
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XXXVIII. VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB.
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XXXIX. THE HAUNTED TREE.
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XL. THE TRIAD.
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XLI. THE WISHING-GATE.
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XLII. THE WISHING-GATE DESTROYED.
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XLIII. THE PRIMROSE OF THE ROCK.
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XLIV. PRESENTIMENTS.
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XLV. VERNAL ODE.
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XLVI. DEVOTIONAL INCITEMENTS.
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XLVII. THE CUCKOO-CLOCK.
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XLVIII. TO THE CLOUDS.
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XLIX. SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE.
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L. A JEWISH FAMILY.
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LI. ON THE POWER OF SOUND.
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PETER BELL.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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“Yet,” with a smile of triumph thus exclaimed
The Solitary, “in the life of man,
If to the poetry of common speech
Faith may be given, we see as in a glass
A true reflection of the circling year,
With all its seasons. Grant that Spring is there,
In spite of many a rough untoward blast,
Hopeful and promising with buds and flowers;
Yet where is glowing Summer's long rich day,
That ought to follow faithfully expressed?
And mellow Autumn, charged with bounteous fruit,
Where is she imaged? in what favoured clime
Her lavish pomp, and ripe magnificence?
—Yet, while the better part is missed, the worse
In man's autumnal season is set forth
With a resemblance not to be denied,
And that contents him; bowers that hear no more
The voice of gladness, less and less supply
Of outward sunshine and internal warmth;
And, with this change, sharp air and falling leaves,
Foretelling aged Winter's desolate sway.
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