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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

... In six volumes ... A new edition

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

VOL. I.

[If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven]

POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.

I. EXTRACT.

II.

II. WRITTEN IN VERY EARLY YOUTH.

III.

III. AN EVENING WALK.

IV.

IV. LINES

V. REMEMBRANCE OF COLLINS,

VI.

VI. DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES

VII.

VII. LINES Left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree,

VIII.

VIII. GUILT AND SORROW;

THE BORDERERS.

POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.

POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

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XXXVII. CONCLUSION. TO ------

If these brief Records, by the Muses' art
Produced as lonely Nature or the strife
That animates the scenes of public life
Inspired, may in thy leisure claim a part;
And if these Transcripts of the private heart
Have gained a sanction from thy falling tears;
Then I repent not. But my soul hath fears
Breathed from eternity; for as a dart
Cleaves the blank air, Life flies: now every day
Is but a glimmering spoke in the swift wheel
Of the revolving week. Away, away,
All fitful cares, all transitory zeal!
So timely Grace the immortal wing may heal,
And honour rest upon the senseless clay.

This line alludes to Sonnets which will be found in another Class.