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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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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
  
DEDICATION. TO ------
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PART I.
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PART II.
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IV. RECOLLECTION OF THE PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY EIGHTH, TRINITY LODGE, CAMBRIDGE.
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V. ON THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY (GEORGE THE THIRD).
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VII. A PARSONAGE IN OXFORDSHIRE.
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VIII. COMPOSED AMONG THE RUINS OF A CASTLE IN NORTH WALES.
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IX. TO THE LADY E. B. AND THE HON. MISS P.
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X. TO THE TORRENT AT THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE, NORTH WALES, 1824.
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XI. IN THE WOODS OF RYDAL.
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XIV. TO THE CUCKOO.
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XVI. THE INFANT M--- M---
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XVII. TO ------, IN HER SEVENTIETH YEAR.
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XVIII. TO ROTHA Q---.
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XIX. A GRAVE-STONE UPON THE FLOOR IN THE CLOISTERS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.
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XX. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED AT BISHOPSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE.
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XXII. A TRADITION OF OKER HILL IN DARLEY DALE, DERBYSHIRE.
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XXIII. FILIAL PIETY.
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XXIV. TO THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT.
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XXVI. TO B. R. HAYDON, ON SEEING HIS PICTURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA.
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XXIX. ON A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON UPON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO, BY HAYDON.
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XXX. COMPOSED ON A MAY MORNING, 1838.
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XXXII. TO A PAINTER.
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XXXIII. ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
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XXXVIII. A PLEA FOR AUTHORS, MAY 1838.
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XXXIX. VALEDICTORY SONNET.
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XL. TO THE REV. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D., MASTER OF HARROW SCHOOL
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XLI. TO THE PLANET VENUS.
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XLV. ON THE PROJECTED KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.
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XLVII. AT FURNESS ABBEY.
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XLVIII. AT FURNESS ABBEY.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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[Fair Prime of life! were it enough to gild]

Fair Prime of life! were it enough to gild
With ready sunbeams every straggling shower;
And, if an unexpected cloud should lower,
Swiftly thereon a rainbow arch to build
For Fancy's errands,—then, from fields half-tilled
Gathering green weeds to mix with poppy flower,
Thee might thy Minions crown, and chant thy power,
Unpitied by the wise, all censure stilled.
Ah! show that worthier honours are thy due;
Fair Prime of life! arouse the deeper heart;
Confirm the Spirit glorying to pursue
Some path of steep ascent and lofty aim;
And, if there be a joy that slights the claim
Of grateful memory, bid that joy depart.
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