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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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VOL. IV.
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THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;
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ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.
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PART I. FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.
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I. INTRODUCTION.
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II. CONJECTURES.
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III. TREPIDATION OF THE DRUIDS.
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IV. DRUIDICAL EXCOMMUNICATION.
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V. UNCERTAINTY.
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VI. PERSECUTION.
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VII. RECOVERY.
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VIII. TEMPTATIONS FROM ROMAN REFINEMENTS.
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IX. DISSENSIONS.
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X. STRUGGLE OF THE BRITONS AGAINST THE BARBARIANS.
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XI. SAXON CONQUEST.
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XII. MONASTERY OF OLD BANGOR .
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XIII. CASUAL INCITEMENT.
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XIV GLAD TIDINGS.
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XV. PAULINUS
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XVI. PERSUASION.
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XVII. CONVERSION.
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XVIII. APOLOGY.
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XIX. PRIMITIVE SAXON CLERGY.
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XX. OTHER INFLUENCES.
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XXI. SECLUSION.
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XXII. CONTINUED.
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XXIII. REPROOF.
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XXIV. SAXON MONASTERIES, AND LIGHTS AND SHADES OF THE RELIGION.
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XXV. MISSIONS AND TRAVELS.
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XXVI. ALFRED.
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XXVII. HIS DESCENDANTS.
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XXVIII. INFLUENCE ABUSED.
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XXIX. DANISH CONQUESTS.
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XXX. CANUTE.
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XXXI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
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XXXIII. THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT.
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XXXIV. CRUSADES.
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XXXV. RICHARD I.
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XXXVI. AN INTERDICT.
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XXXVII. PAPAL ABUSES.
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XXXVIII. SCENE IN VENICE.
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XXXIX. PAPAL DOMINION.
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PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
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PART III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES.
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EVENING VOLUNTARIES.
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POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.
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POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.
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SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.
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SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
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VOL. V.
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XVIII. APOLOGY.

Nor scorn the aid which Fancy oft doth lend
The Soul's eternal interests to promote:
Death, darkness, danger, are our natural lot;
And evil Spirits may our walk attend
For aught the wisest know or comprehend;
Then be good Spirits free to breathe a note
Of elevation; let their odours float
Around these Converts; and their glories blend,
The midnight stars outshining, or the blaze
Of the noon-day. Nor doubt that golden cords
Of good works, mingling with the visions, raise
The Soul to purer worlds: and who the line
Shall draw, the limits of the power define,
That even imperfect faith to man affords?
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