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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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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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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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XXXIII. REGRETS.

Would that our scrupulous Sires had dared to leave
Less scanty measure of those graceful rites
And usages, whose due return invites
A stir of mind too natural to deceive;
Giving to Memory help when she would weave
A crown for Hope!—I dread the boasted lights
That all too often are but fiery blights,
Killing the bud o'er which in vain we grieve.
Go, seek, when Christmas snows discomfort bring,
The counter Spirit found in some gay church
Green with fresh holly, every pew a perch
In which the linnet or the thrush might sing,
Merry and loud and safe from prying search,
Strains offered only to the genial Spring.
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