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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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EVENING VOLUNTARIES.
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POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.
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IV. TO THE RIVER GRETA, NEAR KESWICK.
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V. TO THE RIVER DERWENT.
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VI. IN SIGHT OF THE TOWN OF COCKERMOUTH.
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VII. ADDRESS FROM THE SPIRIT OF COCKERMOUTH CASTLE.
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VIII. NUN'S WELL, BRIGHAM.
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IX. TO A FRIEND.
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X. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
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XI. STANZAS SUGGESTED IN A STEAM-BOAT OFF SAINT BEES' HEADS, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND.
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XII. IN THE CHANNEL, BETWEEN THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN.
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XIII. AT SEA OFF THE ISLE OF MAN.
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XV. ON ENTERING DOUGLAS BAY, ISLE OF MAN.
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XVI. BY THE SEA-SHORE, ISLE OF MAN.
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XVII. ISLE OF MAN.
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XVIII. ISLE OF MAN.
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XIX. BY A RETIRED MARINER.
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XX. AT BALA-SALA, ISLE OF MAN.
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XXI. TYNWALD HILL.
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XXIII. IN THE FRITH OF CLYDE, AILSA CRAG.
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XXIV. ON THE FRITH OF CLYDE.
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XXV. ON REVISITING DUNOLLY CASTLE.
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XXVI. THE DUNOLLY EAGLE.
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XXVII. WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF MACPHERSON'S OSSIAN.
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XXVIII. CAVE OF STAFFA.
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XXIX. CAVE OF STAFFA.
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XXX. CAVE OF STAFFA.
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XXXI. FLOWERS ON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE.
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XXXII. IONA.
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XXXIII. IONA.
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XXXIV. THE BLACK STONES OF IONA.
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XXXVI. GREENOCK.
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XXXVIII. THE RIVER EDEN, CUMBERLAND.
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XXXIX. MONUMENT OF MRS. HOWARD,
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XL. SUGGESTED BY THE FOREGOING.
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XLI. NUNNERY.
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XLII. STEAMBOATS, VIADUCTS, AND RAILWAYS.
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XLIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN.
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XLIV. LOWTHER.
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XLV. TO THE EARL OF LONSDALE.
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XLVI. THE SOMNAMBULIST.
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XLVII. TO CORDELIA M---
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XLVIII.
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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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XXIV. ON THE FRITH OF CLYDE.

(In a Steam-boat.)

Arran! a single-crested Teneriffe,
A St. Helena next—in shape and hue,
Varying her crowded peaks and ridges blue;
Who but must covet a cloud-seat, or skiff
Built for the air, or wingèd Hippogriff?
That he might fly, where no one could pursue,
From this dull Monster and her sooty crew;
And, as a God, light on thy topmost cliff.
Impotent wish! which reason would despise
If the mind knew no union of extremes,
No natural bond between the boldest schemes
Ambition frames, and heart-humilities.
Beneath stern mountains many a soft vale lies,
And lofty springs give birth to lowly streams.
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