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The poetical works of William Wordsworth

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Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

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THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;

ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.

PART I. FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.

II.

PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.

III.

PART III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES.

II.

II. PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES.

III.

III. CHARLES THE SECOND.

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IV. LATITUDINARIANISM.

V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES.

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VI. CLERICAL INTEGRITY.

VII.

VII. PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS.

VIII.

VIII. ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS.

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IX. WILLIAM THE THIRD.

X. OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

XI.

XI. SACHEVEREL.

XII.

ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. PLACES OF WORSHIP.

XVIII.

XVIII. PASTORAL CHARACTER.

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XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXIV. CONFIRMATION CONTINUED.

XXV.

XXV. SACRAMENT.

XXVI.

XXVI. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.

XXVII.

XXVII. THANKSGIVING AFTER CHILDBIRTH.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. VISITATION OF THE SICK.

XXIX.

XXIX. THE COMMINATION SERVICE.

XXX.

XXX. FORMS OF PRAYER AT SEA.

XXXI.

XXXI. FUNERAL SERVICE.

XXXII.

XXXII. RURAL CEREMONY .

XXXIII.

XXXIII. REGRETS.

XXXIV.

XXXIV. MUTABILITY.

XXXV.

XXXV. OLD ABBEYS.

XXXVI.

XXXVI. EMIGRANT FRENCH CLERGY.

XXXVII.

XXXVII. CONGRATULATION.

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII. NEW CHURCHES.

XXXIX.

XXXIX. CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.

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XL. [CHURCH TO BE ERECTED.] CONTINUED.

XLI.

XLI. NEW CHURCH-YARD.

XLII.

XLII. CATHEDRALS, ETC.

XLIII.

XLIII. INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.

XLIV.

XLIV. THE SAME. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]

XLV.

XLV. [INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE.]: CONTINUED.

XLVI.

XLVI. EJACULATION.

XLVII. CONCLUSION.

EVENING VOLUNTARIES.

POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.

POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.

SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.

SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.

VOL. V.

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[Hast thou seen, with flash incessant]

Hast thou seen, with flash incessant,
Bubbles gliding under ice,
Bodied forth and evanescent,
No one knows by what device?

Such are thoughts!—A wind-swept meadow
Mimicking a troubled sea,
Such is life; and death a shadow
From the rock eternity!