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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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XXVII. HIS DESCENDANTS.

When thy great soul was freed from mortal chains,
Darling of England! many a bitter shower
Fell on thy tomb; but emulative power
Flowed in thy line through undegenerate veins.
The Race of Alfred covet glorious pains
When dangers threaten, dangers ever new!
Black tempests bursting, blacker still in view!
But manly sovereignty its hold retains;
The root sincere, the branches bold to strive
With the fierce tempest, while, within the round
Of their protection, gentle virtues thrive;
As oft, 'mid some green plot of open ground,
Wide as the oak extends its dewy gloom,
The fostered hyacinths spread their purple bloom.
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