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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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SELECTIONS FROM CHAUCER. MODERNISED.

POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF OLD AGE.

I. THE OLD CUMBERLAND BEGGAR.

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II. THE FARMER OF TILSBURY VALE.

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III. THE SMALL CELANDINE.

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IV. THE TWO THIEVES;

V. ANIMAL TRANQUILLITY AND DECAY.

EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES.

APPENDIX

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XIX. BY A RETIRED MARINER.

This unpretending sonnet is by a gentleman nearly connected with me, and I hope, as it falls so easily into its place, that both the writer and the reader will excuse its appearance here.

(A Friend of the Author.)

From early youth I ploughed the restless Main,
My mind as restless and as apt to change;
Through every clime and ocean did I range,
In hope at length a competence to gain;
For poor to Sea I went, and poor I still remain.
Year after year I strove, but strove in vain,
And hardships manifold did I endure,
For Fortune on me never deign'd to smile;
Yet I at last a resting-place have found,
With just enough life's comforts to procure,
In a snug Cove on this our favoured Isle,
A peaceful spot where Nature's gifts abound;
Then sure I have no reason to complain,
Though poor to Sea I went, and poor I still remain.

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XIX. BY A RETIRED MARINER. This unpretending sonnet is by a gentleman nearly connected with me, and I hope, as it falls so easily into its place, that both the writer and the reader will excuse its appearance here.

(A Friend of the Author.)

XIX. BY A RETIRED MARINER.

This unpretending sonnet is by a gentleman nearly connected with me, and I hope, as it falls so easily into its place, that both the writer and the reader will excuse its appearance here.