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Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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[If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven]

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SUPPLEMENT OF PIECES NOT APPEARING IN THE EDITION OF 1849–50;

I.

I. LINES WRITTEN AS A SCHOOL EXERCISE AT HAWKSHEAD, ANNO ÆTATIS 14.

II.

II. SONNET, ON SEEING MISS HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS WEEP AT A TALE OF DISTRESS.

III.

III. THE BIRTH OF LOVE.

IV.

IV. THE CONVICT.

V.

V. ANDREW JONES.

VI.

VI. “ON NATURE'S INVITATION DO I COME.”

VII.

VII. “BLEAK SEASON WAS IT, TURBULENT AND WILD.”

VIII.

VIII. AMONG ALL LOVELY THINGS MY LOVE HAD BEEN.

IX.

X.

X. GEORGE AND SARAH GREEN.

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XI.

XI. TRANSLATION OF PART OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ÆNEID.

To the Editors of the “Philological Museum.”

XII.

XIII.

XIII. A CENTO MADE BY WORDSWORTH.

XIV.

XIV. INSCRIPTION ON A ROCK AT RYDAL MOUNT. (1838.)

XV.

XV. PROTEST AGAINST THE BALLOT. (1838.)

XVI.

XVI. A POET TO HIS GRANDCHILD.

XVII.

XVII. ON A PORTRAIT OF I. F. [ISABELLA FENWICK], PAINTED BY MARGARET GILLIES.

XVIII.

XVIII. TO I. F.

XIX.

XIX. “WHEN SEVERN'S SWEEPING FLOOD HAD OVERTHROWN.”

XX.

XX. THE EAGLE AND THE DOVE.

XXI.

XXI. LINES INSCRIBED IN A COPY OF HIS POEMS SENT TO THE QUEEN FOR THE ROYAL LIBRARY AT WINDSOR.

XXII.

XXII. ODE ON THE INSTALLATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, JULY, 1847.

XXIII.

XXIII. QUINZAIN

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VIII. AMONG ALL LOVELY THINGS MY LOVE HAD BEEN.

Among all lovely things my Love had been;
Had noted well the stars, all flowers that grew
About her home; but she had never seen
A Glow-worm, never one, and this I knew.

While riding near her home one stormy night
A single Glow-worm did I chance to espy;
I gave a fervent welcome to the sight,
And from my Horse I leapt; great joy had I.

Upon a leaf the Glow-worm did I lay,
To bear it with me through the stormy night:
And, as before, it shone without dismay;
Albeit putting forth a fainter light.

When to the Dwelling of my Love I came,
I went into the Orchard quietly;
And left the Glow-worm, blessing it by name,
Laid safely by itself, beneath a Tree.

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The whole next day, I hoped, and hoped with fear;
At night the Glow-worm shone beneath the Tree:
I led my Lucy to the spot, “Look here!”
Oh! joy it was for her, and joy for me!