University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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

expand sectionI. 
VOL. I.
expand sectionII. 
VOL. II.
expand sectionIII. 
VOL. III.
collapse sectionIV. 
VOL. IV.
expand section 
THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;
expand section 
ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.
expand section 
EVENING VOLUNTARIES.
expand section 
POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.
collapse section 
POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.
 I. 
I. EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY.
 II. 
II. THE TABLES TURNED.
 III. 
III. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.
 IV. 
IV. A CHARACTER.
 V. 
V. TO MY SISTER.
 VI. 
VI. SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN;
 VII. 
VII. WRITTEN IN GERMANY.
 VIII. 
VIII. A POET'S EPITAPH.
 IX. 
IX. TO THE DAISY.
 X. 
X. MATTHEW.
 XI. 
XI. THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS.
 XII. 
XII. THE FOUNTAIN.
 XIII. 
XIII. PERSONAL TALK.
 XIV. 
XIV. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
 XV. 
XV. TO THE SPADE OF A FRIEND.
 XVI. 
XVI. A NIGHT THOUGHT.
 XVII. 
XVII. INCIDENT.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TRIBUTE
 XIX. 
XIX. FIDELITY.
 XX. 
XX. ODE TO DUTY.
 XXI. 
XXI. CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE FORCE OF PRAYER ;
 XXIII. 
XXIII. A FACT, AND AN IMAGINATION;
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. ODE TO LYCORIS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. TO THE SAME. [LYCORIS.]
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. UPON THE SAME OCCASION.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. MEMORY.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. HUMANITY.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THOUGHTS ON THE SEASONS.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. TO ------.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE WARNING.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE LABOURER'S NOON-DAY HYMN.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. ODE,
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. TO MAY.
 XL. 
XL. LINES
 XLI. 
XLI. THE FOREGOING SUBJECT RESUMED.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. UPON SEEING A COLOURED DRAWING OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE IN AN ALBUM.
expand section 
SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.
expand section 
SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
expand sectionV. 
VOL. V.
expand sectionVI. 
[volume]

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The poetical works of William Wordsworth
next section
Thus all was re-established, and a pile
Constructed, that sufficed for every end,
Save the contentment of the builder's mind;
A mind by nature indisposed to aught
So placid, so inactive, as content;
A mind intolerant of lasting peace,
And cherishing the pang her heart deplored.
Dread life of conflict! which I oft compared
To the agitation of a brook that runs
Down a rocky mountain, buried now and lost
In silent pools, now in strong eddies chained;
But never to be charmed to gentleness:
Its best attainment fits of such repose
As timid eyes might shrink from fathoming.
previous section The poetical works of William Wordsworth
next section