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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

... In six volumes ... A new edition

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

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I. IN THE GROUNDS OF COLEORTON, THE SEAT OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., LEICESTERSHIRE.

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II. IN A GARDEN OF THE SAME.

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III. WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., AND IN HIS NAME, FOR AN URN, PLACED BY HIM AT THE TERMINATION OF A NEWLY-PLANTED AVENUE, IN THE SAME GROUNDS.

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IV. FOR A SEAT IN THE GROVES OF COLEORTON.

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V. WRITTEN WITH A PENCIL UPON A STONE IN THE WALL OF THE HOUSE (AN OUT-HOUSE), ON THE ISLAND AT GRASMERE.

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VI. WRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL ON A STONE, ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF BLACK COMB.

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VII.WRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL UPON A STONE, THE LARGEST OF A HEAP LYING NEAR A DESERTED QUARRY, UPON ONE OF THE ISLANDS AT RYDAL.

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X. INSCRIPTIONS SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND IN AND NEAR A HERMIT'S CELL. 1818.

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XI. INSCRIBED UPON A ROCK.

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XIII. NEAR THE SPRING OF THE HERMITAGE.

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XV. FOR THE SPOT WHERE THE HERMITAGE STOOD ON ST. HERBERT'S ISLAND, DERWENT-WATER.

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XVI. ON THE BANKS OF A ROCKY STREAM.

SELECTIONS FROM CHAUCER. MODERNISED.

POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF OLD AGE.

EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES.

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“Impute it not to impatience, if,” exclaimed
The Wanderer, “I infer that he was healed
By perseverance in the course prescribed.”