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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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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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PART I.
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I. ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY.
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II. UPON THE SAME EVENT.
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III. TO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. MARCH, 1807.
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IV. A PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807.
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V. COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807.
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VII. COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA.
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VIII. COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION.
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IX. HOFFER.
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XI. FEELINGS OF THE TYROLESE.
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XV. ON THE FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE TYROLESE.
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XXV. FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS.
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XXVI. THE OAK OF GUERNICA.
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XXVII. INDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD.
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XXX. THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLAS.
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XXXI. SPANISH GUERILLAS.
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XXXIV. THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA.
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XXXVII. THE GERMANS ON THE HEIGHTS OF HOCK HEIM.
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XXXIX. ODE.
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XL. FEELINGS OF A FRENCH ROYALIST, ON THE DISINTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF THE DUKE D'ENGHIEN.
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XLI. OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
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XLII. SIEGE OF VIENNA RAISED BY JOHN SOBIESKI.
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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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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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XX. OTHER INFLUENCES.

Ah, when the Body, round which in love we clung,
Is chilled by death, does mutual service fail?
Is tender pity then of no avail?
Are intercessions of the fervent tongue
A waste of hope?—From this sad source have sprung
Rites that console the Spirit, under grief
Which ill can brook more rational relief:
Hence, prayers are shaped amiss, and dirges sung
For Souls whose doom is fixed! The way is smooth
For Power that travels with the human heart:
Confession ministers the pang to soothe
In him who at the ghost of guilt doth start.
Ye holy Men, so earnest in your care,
Of your own mighty instruments beware!
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