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

With each recurrence of this glorious morn
That saw the Saviour in his human frame
Rise from the dead, erewhile the Cottage-dame
Put on fresh raiment—till that hour unworn:
Domestic hands the home-bred wool had shorn,
And she who span it culled the daintiest fleece,
In thoughtful reverence to the Prince of Peace,
Whose temples bled beneath the platted thorn.
A blest estate when piety sublime
These humble props disdained not! O green dales!
Sad may I be who heard your sabbath chime
When Art's abused inventions were unknown;
Kind Nature's various wealth was all your own;
And benefits were weighed in Reason's scales!
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