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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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PART III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES.
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II. PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES.
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III. CHARLES THE SECOND.
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IV. LATITUDINARIANISM.
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V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES.
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VI. CLERICAL INTEGRITY.
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VII. PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS.
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VIII. ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS.
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IX. WILLIAM THE THIRD.
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X. OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
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XI. SACHEVEREL.
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ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA.
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XIII. I.—THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
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XIV. II. CONTINUED.
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XV. III. CONCLUDED.—AMERICAN EPISCOPACY.
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XVII. PLACES OF WORSHIP.
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XVIII. PASTORAL CHARACTER.
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XIX. THE LITURGY.
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XX. BAPTISM.
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XXI. SPONSORS.
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XXII. CATECHISING.
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XXIII. CONFIRMATION.
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XXIV. CONFIRMATION CONTINUED.
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XXV. SACRAMENT.
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XXVI. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
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XXVII. THANKSGIVING AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
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XXVIII. VISITATION OF THE SICK.
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XXIX. THE COMMINATION SERVICE.
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XXX. FORMS OF PRAYER AT SEA.
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XXXI. FUNERAL SERVICE.
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XXXII. RURAL CEREMONY .
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XXXIII. REGRETS.
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XXXIV. MUTABILITY.
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XXXV. OLD ABBEYS.
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XXXVI. EMIGRANT FRENCH CLERGY.
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XXXVII. CONGRATULATION.
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XXXVIII. NEW CHURCHES.
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XXXIX. CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.
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XL. [CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.] CONTINUED.
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XLI. NEW CHURCH-YARD.
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XLII. CATHEDRALS, ETC.
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XLIII. INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.
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XLIV. THE SAME. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]
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XLV. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]: CONTINUED.
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XLVI. EJACULATION.
  
XLVII. CONCLUSION.
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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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XIV. II. CONTINUED.

From Rite and Ordinance abused they fled
To Wilds where both were utterly unknown;
But not to them had Providence foreshown
What benefits are missed, what evils bred,
In worship neither raised nor limited
Save by Self-will. Lo! from that distant shore,
For Rite and Ordinance, Piety is led
Back to the Land those Pilgrims left of yore,
Led by her own free choice. So Truth and Love
By Conscience governed do their steps retrace.—
Fathers! your Virtues, such the power of grace,
Their spirit, in your Children, thus approve.
Transcendent over time, unbound by place,
Concord and Charity in circles move.
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