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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.
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THE RIVER DUDDON.
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YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS,
  
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II. ON THE DEPARTURE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM ABBOTSFORD, FOR NAPLES.
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III. A PLACE OF BURIAL IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
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IV. ON THE SIGHT OF A MANSE IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
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V. COMPOSED IN ROSLIN CHAPEL, DURING A STORM.
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VI. THE TROSACHS.
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VIII. COMPOSED IN THE GLEN OF LOCH ETIVE.
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IX. EAGLES.
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X. IN THE SOUND OF MULL.
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XI. SUGGESTED AT TYNDRUM IN A STORM.
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XII. THE EARL OF BREADALBANE'S RUINED MANSION, AND FAMILY BURIAL-PLACE, NEAR KILLIN.
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XIII. ‘REST AND BE THANKFUL!’
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XIV. HIGHLAND HUT.
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XV. THE HIGHLAND BROACH.
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XVI. THE BROWNIE.
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XVII. TO THE PLANET VENUS, AN EVENING STAR.
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XVIII. BOTHWELL CASTLE. (Passed unseen, on account of stormy weather.)
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XIX. PICTURE OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN, AT HAMILTON PALACE.
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XX. THE AVON.
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XXI. SUGGESTED BY A VIEW FROM AN EMINENCE IN INGLEWOOD FOREST.
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XXII. HART'S-HORN TREE, NEAR PENRITH.
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XXIII. FANCY AND TRADITION.
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XXIV. COUNTESS' PILLAR.
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XXV. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
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XXVI. APOLOGY, For the Foregoing Poems.
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VOL. V.
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VIII. COMPOSED IN THE GLEN OF LOCH ETIVE.

“This Land of Rainbows spanning glens whose walls,
Rock-built, are hung with rainbow-coloured mists—
Of far-stretched Meres whose salt flood never rests—
Of tuneful Caves and playful Waterfalls—
Of Mountains varying momently their crests—
Proud be this Land! whose poorest huts are halls
Where Fancy entertains becoming guests;
While native song the heroic Past recals.”
Thus, in the net of her own wishes caught,
The Muse exclaimed; but Story now must hide
Her trophies, Fancy crouch; the course of pride
Has been diverted, other lessons taught,
That make the Patriot-spirit bow her head
Where the all-conquering Roman feared to tread.
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