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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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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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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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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. V.
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XVIII. TO ROTHA Q---.

Rotha, my Spiritual Child! this head was grey
When at the sacred font for thee I stood;
Pledged till thou reach the verge of womanhood,
And shalt become thy own sufficient stay:
Too late, I feel, sweet Orphan! was the day
For stedfast hope the contract to fulfil;
Yet shall my blessing hover o'er thee still,
Embodied in the music of this Lay,
Breathed forth beside the peaceful mountain Stream
Whose murmur soothed thy languid Mother's ear
After her throes, this Stream of name more dear
Since thou dost bear it,—a memorial theme
For others; for thy future self, a spell
To summon fancies out of Time's dark cell.
 

The river Rotha, that flows into Windermere from the Lakes of Grasmere and Rydal.

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