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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.
  
TO HENRY CRABB ROBINSON.
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I. MUSINGS NEAR AQUAPENDENTE.
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II. THE PINE OF MONTE MARIO AT ROME.
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III. AT ROME.
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IV. AT ROME.—REGRETS.—IN ALLUSION TO NIEBUHR AND OTHER MODERN HISTORIANS.
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V. AT ROME.—REGRETS.—IN ALLUSION TO NIEBUHR AND OTHER MODERN HISTORIANS: CONTINUED.
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VI. PLEA FOR THE HISTORIAN.
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VII. AT ROME.
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VIII. NEAR ROME, IN SIGHT OF ST. PETER'S.
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IX. AT ALBANO.
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XI. FROM THE ALBAN HILLS, LOOKING TOWARDS ROME.
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XII. NEAR THE LAKE OF THRASYMENE.
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XIII. NEAR THE SAME LAKE.
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XIV. THE CUCKOO AT LAVERNA.
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XV. AT THE CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI.
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XVI. AT THE CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI: CONTINUED.
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XVII. AT THE EREMITE OR UPPER CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI.
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XVIII. AT VALLOMBROSA.
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XIX. AT FLORENCE.
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XX. BEFORE THE PICTURE OF THE BAPTIST, BY RAPHAEL, IN THE GALLERY AT FLORENCE.
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XXI. AT FLORENCE.
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XXII. AT FLORENCE.
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XXIII. AMONG THE RUINS OF A CONVENT IN THE APENNINES.
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XXIV. IN LOMBARDY.
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XXV. AFTER LEAVING ITALY.
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XXVI. AFTER LEAVING ITALY: CONTINUED.
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XXVII. COMPOSED AT RYDAL ON MAY MORNING, 1838.
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XXVIII. THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN.
  
THE EGYPTIAN MAID;
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THE RIVER DUDDON.
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YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS,
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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XXI. AT FLORENCE.

—FROM MICHAEL ANGELO.

Rapt above earth by power of one fair face,
Hers in whose sway alone my heart delights,
I mingle with the blest on those pure heights
Where Man, yet mortal, rarely finds a place.
With Him who made the Work that Work accords
So well, that by its help and through his grace
I raise my thoughts, inform my deeds and words,
Clasping her beauty in my soul's embrace.
Thus, if from two fair eyes mine cannot turn,
I feel how in their presence doth abide
Light which to God is both the way and guide;
And, kindling at their lustre, if I burn,
My noble fire emits the joyful ray
That through the realms of glory shines for aye.
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