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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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PART I.
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I. ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY.
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II. UPON THE SAME EVENT.
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III. TO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. MARCH, 1807.
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IV. A PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807.
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V. COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807.
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VII. COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA.
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VIII. COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION.
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IX. HOFFER.
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XI. FEELINGS OF THE TYROLESE.
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XV. ON THE FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE TYROLESE.
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XXV. FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS.
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XXVI. THE OAK OF GUERNICA.
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XXVII. INDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD.
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XXX. THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLAS.
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XXXI. SPANISH GUERILLAS.
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XXXIV. THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA.
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XXXVII. THE GERMANS ON THE HEIGHTS OF HOCK HEIM.
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XXXIX. ODE.
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XL. FEELINGS OF A FRENCH ROYALIST, ON THE DISINTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF THE DUKE D'ENGHIEN.
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XLI. OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
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XLII. SIEGE OF VIENNA RAISED BY JOHN SOBIESKI.
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XLIII. OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
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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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VOL. V.
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XIII. WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802.

O Friend! I know not which way I must look
For comfort, being, as I am, opprest,
To think that now our life is only drest
For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook,
Or groom!—We must run glittering like a brook
In the open sunshine, or we are unblest:
The wealthiest man among us is the best:
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
This is idolatry; and these we adore:
Plain living and high thinking are no more:
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.
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