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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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PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
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III. CISTERTIAN MONASTERY.
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V. MONKS AND SCHOOLMEN.
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VI. OTHER BENEFITS.
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VII. OTHER BENEFITS: CONTINUED.
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VIII. CRUSADERS.
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XI. TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
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XII. THE VAUDOIS.
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XIV. WALDENSES.
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XV. ARCHBISHOP CHICHELY TO HENRY V.
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XVI. WARS OF YORK AND LANCASTER.
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XVII. WICLIFFE.
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XVIII. CORRUPTIONS OF THE HIGHER CLERGY.
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XIX. ABUSE OF MONASTIC POWER.
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XX. MONASTIC VOLUPTUOUSNESS.
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XXI. DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES.
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XXII. THE SAME SUBJECT. [DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES.]
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XXIII. [DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES]: CONTINUED.
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XXIV. SAINTS.
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XXV. THE VIRGIN.
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XXVI. APOLOGY.
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XXVII. IMAGINATIVE REGRETS.
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XXVIII. REFLECTIONS.
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XXIX. TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.
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XXX. THE POINT AT ISSUE.
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XXXI. EDWARD VI.
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XXXII. EDWARD SIGNING THE WARRANT FOR THE EXECUTION OF JOAN OF KENT.
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XXXIII. REVIVAL OF POPERY.
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XXXIV. LATIMER AND RIDLEY.
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XXXV. CRANMER.
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XXXVI. GENERAL VIEW OF THE TROUBLES OF THE REFORMATION.
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XXXVII. ENGLISH REFORMERS IN EXILE.
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XXXVIII. ELIZABETH.
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XXXIX. EMINENT REFORMERS.
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XL. THE SAME. [EMINENT REFORMERS.]
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XLI. DISTRACTIONS.
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XLII. GUNPOWDER PLOT.
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XLIII. THE JUNG-FRAU AND THE FALL OF THE RHINE NEAR SCHAFFHAUSEN.
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XLIV. TROUBLES OF CHARLES THE FIRST.
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XLV. LAUD .
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XLVI. AFFLICTIONS OF ENGLAND.
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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. GENERAL VIEW OF THE TROUBLES OF THE REFORMATION.

Aid, glorious Martyrs, from your fields of light,
Our mortal ken! Inspire a perfect trust
(While we look round) that Heaven's decrees are just:
Which few can hold committed to a fight
That shows, ev'n on its better side, the might
Of proud Self-will, Rapacity, and Lust,
'Mid clouds enveloped of polemic dust,
Which showers of blood seem rather to incite
Than to allay. Anathemas are hurled
From both sides; veteran thunders (the brute test
Of truth) are met by fulminations new—
Tartarean flags are caught at, and unfurled—
Friends strike at friends—the flying shall pursue—
And Victory sickens, ignorant where to rest!
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