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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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POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.
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I. EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY.
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II. THE TABLES TURNED.
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III. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.
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IV. A CHARACTER.
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V. TO MY SISTER.
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VI. SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN;
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VII. WRITTEN IN GERMANY.
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VIII. A POET'S EPITAPH.
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IX. TO THE DAISY.
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X. MATTHEW.
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XI. THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS.
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XII. THE FOUNTAIN.
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XIII. PERSONAL TALK.
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XIV. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
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XV. TO THE SPADE OF A FRIEND.
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XVI. A NIGHT THOUGHT.
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XVII. INCIDENT.
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XVIII. TRIBUTE
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XIX. FIDELITY.
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XX. ODE TO DUTY.
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XXI. CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
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XXII. THE FORCE OF PRAYER ;
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XXIII. A FACT, AND AN IMAGINATION;
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XXIV.
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XXV. ODE TO LYCORIS.
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XXVI. TO THE SAME. [LYCORIS.]
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XXVII.
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XXVIII. UPON THE SAME OCCASION.
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XXIX. MEMORY.
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XXX.
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XXXI. HUMANITY.
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XXXIII. THOUGHTS ON THE SEASONS.
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XXXIV. TO ------.
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XXXV. THE WARNING.
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XXXVII. THE LABOURER'S NOON-DAY HYMN.
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XXXVIII. ODE,
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XXXIX. TO MAY.
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XL. LINES
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XLI. THE FOREGOING SUBJECT RESUMED.
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XLIII. UPON SEEING A COLOURED DRAWING OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE IN AN ALBUM.
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SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.
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SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
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[The unremitting voice of nightly streams]

The unremitting voice of nightly streams
That wastes so oft, we think, its tuneful powers,
If neither soothing to the worm that gleams
Through dewy grass, nor small birds hushed in bowers,
Nor unto silent leaves and drowsy flowers,—
That voice of unpretending harmony
(For who what is shall measure by what seems
To be, or not to be,
Or tax high Heaven with prodigality?)
Wants not a healing influence that can creep
Into the human breast, and mix with sleep
To regulate the motion of our dreams
For kindly issues—as through every clime
Was felt near murmuring brooks in earliest time;
As at this day, the rudest swains who dwell
Where torrents roar, or hear the tinkling knell
Of water-breaks, with grateful heart could tell.
1846.
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