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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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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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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT. 1820.
  
DEDICATION. (SENT WITH THESE POEMS, IN MS., TO ------.)
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I. FISH-WOMEN.
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II. BRUGÈS.
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III. BRUGÈS.
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IV. INCIDENT AT BRUGES.
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V. AFTER VISITING THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
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VI. BETWEEN NAMUR AND LIEGE.
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VII. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
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VIII. IN THE CATHEDRAL AT COLOGNE.
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IX. IN A CARRIAGE, UPON THE BANKS OF THE RHINE.
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X. HYMN, FOR THE BOATMEN, AS THEY APPROACH THE RAPIDS UNDER THE CASTLE OF HEIDELBERG.
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XI. THE SOURCE OF THE DANUBE.
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XII. ON APPROACHING THE STAUB-BACH, LAUTERBRUNNEN.
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XIII. THE FALL OF THE AAR—HANDEC.
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XIV. MEMORIAL.
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XV. COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE CATHOLIC CANTONS.
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XVI. AFTER-THOUGHT.
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XVII. SCENE ON THE LAKE OF BRIENTZ.
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XVIII. ENGELBERG, THE HILL OF ANGELS .
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XIX. OUR LADY OF THE SNOW.
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XX. EFFUSION, IN PRESENCE OF THE PAINTED TOWER OF TELL, AT ALTORF.
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XXI. THE TOWN OF SCHWYTZ.
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XXII. ON HEARING THE “RANZ DES VACHES” ON THE TOP OF THE PASS OF ST. GOTHARD.
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XXIII. FORT FUENTES.
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XXIV. THE CHURCH OF SAN SALVADOR.
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XXV. THE ITALIAN ITINERANT, AND THE SWISS GOATHERD.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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XXVI. THE LAST SUPPER, BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, IN THE REFECTORY OF THE CONVENT OF MARIA DELLA GRAZIA—MILAN .
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XXVII. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 1820.
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XXVIII. THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS.
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XXIX. THE COLUMN INTENDED BY BUONAPARTE FOR A TRIUMPHAL EDIFICE IN MILAN, NOW LYING BY THE WAY-SIDE IN THE SIMPLON PASS.
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XXX. STANZAS, COMPOSED IN THE SIMPLON PASS.
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XXXI. ECHO, UPON THE GEMMI.
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XXXII. PROCESSIONS.
  
XXXIII. ELEGIAC STANZAS.
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XXXIV. SKY-PROSPECT—FROM THE PLAIN OF FRANCE.
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XXXV. ON BEING STRANDED NEAR THE HARBOUR OF BOULOGNE .
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XXXVI. AFTER LANDING—THE VALLEY OF DOVER. Nov. 1820.
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XXXVII. AT DOVER.
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XXXVIII. DESULTORY STANZAS, Upon Receiving the Preceding Sheets from the Press.
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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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[Praised be the Rivers, from their mountain springs]

Praised be the Rivers, from their mountain springs
Shouting to Freedom, “Plant thy banners here!”
To harassed Piety, “Dismiss thy fear,
And in our caverns smooth thy ruffled wings!”
Nor be unthanked their final lingerings—
Silent, but not to high-souled Passion's ear—
'Mid reedy fens wide-spread and marshes drear,
Their own creation. Such glad welcomings
As Po was heard to give where Venice rose
Hailed from aloft those Heirs of truth divine
Who near his fountains sought obscure repose,
Yet came prepared as glorious lights to shine,
Should that be needed for their sacred Charge;
Blest Prisoners They, whose spirits were at large!
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