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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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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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XXV. AFTER LEAVING ITALY.

Fair Land! Thee all men greet with joy; how few,
Whose souls take pride in freedom, virtue, fame,
Part from thee without pity dyed in shame:
I could not—while from Venice we withdrew,
Led on till an Alpine strait confined our view
Within its depths, and to the shore we came
Of Lago Morto, dreary sight and name,
Which o'er sad thoughts a sadder colouring threw.
Italia! on the surface of thy spirit,
(Too aptly emblemed by that torpid lake)
Shall a few partial breezes only creep?—
Be its depths quickened; what thou dost inherit
Of the world's hopes, dare to fulfil; awake,
Mother of Heroes, from thy death-like sleep!
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