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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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XXXVI. AN INTERDICT.

Realms quake by turns: proud Arbitress of grace,
The Church, by mandate shadowing forth the power
She arrogates o'er heaven's eternal door,
Closes the gates of every sacred place.
Straight from the sun and tainted air's embrace
All sacred things are covered: cheerful morn
Grows sad as night—no seemly garb is worn,
Nor is a face allowed to meet a face
With natural smiles of greeting. Bells are dumb;
Ditches are graves—funereal rites denied;
And in the church-yard he must take his bride
Who dares be wedded! Fancies thickly come
Into the pensive heart ill fortified,
And comfortless despairs the soul benumb.
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