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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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XXXVII. PAPAL ABUSES.

As with the Stream our voyage we pursue,
The gross materials of this world present
A marvellous study of wild accident;
Uncouth proximities of old and new;
And bold transfigurations, more untrue
(As might be deemed) to disciplined intent
Than aught the sky's fantastic element,
When most fantastic, offers to the view.
Saw we not Henry scourged at Becket's shrine?
Lo! John self-stripped of his insignia:—crown,
Sceptre and mantle, sword and ring, laid down
At a proud Legate's feet! The spears that line
Baronial halls, the opprobrious insult feel;
And angry Ocean roars a vain appeal.
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