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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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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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XXII.

[Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!]

Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
Not dull art Thou as undiscerning Night;
But studious only to remove from sight
Day's mutable distinctions.—Ancient Power!
Thus did the waters gleam, the mountains lower,
To the rude Briton, when, in wolf-skin vest
Here roving wild, he laid him down to rest
On the bare rock, or through a leafy bower
Looked ere his eyes were closed. By him was seen
The self-same Vision which we now behold,
At thy meek bidding, shadowy Power! brought forth;
These mighty barriers, and the gulf between;
The flood, the stars,—a spectacle as old
As the beginning of the heavens and earth!
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