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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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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. 1803.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. 1814.
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POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT. 1820.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY. 1837.
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THE RIVER DUDDON.
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YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS,
  
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II. ON THE DEPARTURE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM ABBOTSFORD, FOR NAPLES.
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III. A PLACE OF BURIAL IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
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IV. ON THE SIGHT OF A MANSE IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
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V. COMPOSED IN ROSLIN CHAPEL, DURING A STORM.
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VI. THE TROSACHS.
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VIII. COMPOSED IN THE GLEN OF LOCH ETIVE.
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IX. EAGLES.
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X. IN THE SOUND OF MULL.
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XI. SUGGESTED AT TYNDRUM IN A STORM.
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XII. THE EARL OF BREADALBANE'S RUINED MANSION, AND FAMILY BURIAL-PLACE, NEAR KILLIN.
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XIII. ‘REST AND BE THANKFUL!’
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XIV. HIGHLAND HUT.
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XV. THE HIGHLAND BROACH.
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XVI. THE BROWNIE.
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XVII. TO THE PLANET VENUS, AN EVENING STAR.
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XVIII. BOTHWELL CASTLE. (Passed unseen, on account of stormy weather.)
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XIX. PICTURE OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN, AT HAMILTON PALACE.
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XX. THE AVON.
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XXI. SUGGESTED BY A VIEW FROM AN EMINENCE IN INGLEWOOD FOREST.
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XXII. HART'S-HORN TREE, NEAR PENRITH.
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XXIII. FANCY AND TRADITION.
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XXIV. COUNTESS' PILLAR.
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XXV. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
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XXVI. APOLOGY, For the Foregoing Poems.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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[Though the bold wings of Poesy affect]

Though the bold wings of Poesy affect
The clouds, and wheel around the mountain tops
Rejoicing, from her loftiest height she drops
Well pleased to skim the plain with wild flowers deckt,
Or muse in solemn grove whose shades protect
The lingering dew—there steals along, or stops
Watching the least small bird that round her hops,
Or creeping worm, with sensitive respect.
Her functions are they therefore less divine,
Her thoughts less deep, or void of grave intent
Her simplest fancies? Should that fear be thine,
Aspiring Votary, ere thy hand present
One offering, kneel before her modest shrine,
With brow in penitential sorrow bent!
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