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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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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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I. THERE WAS A BOY.
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II. TO THE CUCKOO.
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III. A NIGHT-PIECE.
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IV. AIREY-FORCE VALLEY.
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V. YEW-TREES.
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VI. NUTTING.
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VII. THE SIMPLON PASS.
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VIII.
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XI.
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XII.
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XIII. THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN.
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XIV. POWER OF MUSIC.
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XV. STAR-GAZERS.
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XVI. WRITTEN IN MARCH,
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XVII.
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XVIII. BEGGARS.
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XIX. SEQUEL TO THE FOREGOING,
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XX. GIPSIES.
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XXI. RUTH.
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XXII. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE.
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XXIII. THE THORN.
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XXIV. HART-LEAP WELL.
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XXV. SONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,
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XXVI. LINES, COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY,
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XXVII.
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XXVIII. FRENCH REVOLUTION,
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XXIX.
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XXX. TO A SKY-LARK.
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XXXI. LAODAMIA.
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XXXII. DION.
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XXXIII. THE PASS OF KIRKSTONE.
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XXXIV. TO ENTERPRISE.
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XXXV. TO ------, ON HER FIRST ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLYN.
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XXXVI. TO A YOUNG LADY, WHO HAD BEEN REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALKS IN THE COUNTRY.
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XXXVII. WATER-FOWL.
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XXXVIII. VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB.
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XXXIX. THE HAUNTED TREE.
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XL. THE TRIAD.
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XLI. THE WISHING-GATE.
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XLII. THE WISHING-GATE DESTROYED.
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XLIII. THE PRIMROSE OF THE ROCK.
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XLIV. PRESENTIMENTS.
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XLV. VERNAL ODE.
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XLVI. DEVOTIONAL INCITEMENTS.
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XLVII. THE CUCKOO-CLOCK.
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XLVIII. TO THE CLOUDS.
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XLIX. SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE.
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L. A JEWISH FAMILY.
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LI. ON THE POWER OF SOUND.
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PETER BELL.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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V. CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE YEARS OLD.

Loving she is, and tractable, though wild;
And Innocence hath privilege in her
To dignify arch looks and laughing eyes;
And feats of cunning; and the pretty round
Of trespasses, affected to provoke
Mock-chastisement and partnership in play.
And, as a faggot sparkles on the hearth,
Not less if unattended and alone
Than when both young and old sit gathered round
And take delight in its activity;
Even so this happy Creature of herself
Is all-sufficient; solitude to her
Is blithe society, who fills the air
With gladness and involuntary songs.
Light are her sallies as the tripping fawn's
Forth-startled from the fern where she lay couched;
Unthought-of, unexpected, as the stir
Of the soft breeze ruffling the meadow-flowers,
Or from before it chasing wantonly
The many-coloured imagees imprest
Upon the bosom of a placid lake.
1811.
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