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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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VOL. IV.
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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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VOL. V.
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VIII. RETIREMENT.

If the whole weight of what we think and feel,
Save only far as thought and feeling blend
With action, were as nothing, patriot Friend!
From thy remonstrance would be no appeal;
But to promote and fortify the weal
Of her own Being is her paramount end;
A truth which they alone shall comprehend
Who shun the mischief which they cannot heal.
Peace in these feverish times is sovereign bliss:
Here, with no thirst but what the stream can slake,
And startled only by the rustling brake,
Cool air I breathe; while the unincumbered Mind,
By some weak aims at services assigned
To gentle Natures, thanks not Heaven amiss.
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