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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.
  
[If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven]
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POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.
 I. 
I. EXTRACT.
 II. 
II. WRITTEN IN VERY EARLY YOUTH.
 III. 
III. AN EVENING WALK.
 IV. 
IV. LINES
 V. 
V. REMEMBRANCE OF COLLINS,
 VI. 
VI. DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES
 VII. 
VII. LINES Left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree,
 VIII. 
VIII. GUILT AND SORROW;
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THE BORDERERS.
 I. 
ACT I.
 II. 
ACT II.
 III. 
ACT III.
 IV. 
ACT IV.
 V. 
ACT V.
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POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. TO A BUTTERFLY.
 III. 
III. THE SPARROW'S NEST.
 IV. 
IV. FORESIGHT.
 V. 
V. CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE YEARS OLD.
 VI. 
VI. ADDRESS TO A CHILD.
 VII. 
VII. THE MOTHER'S RETURN.
 VIII. 
VIII. ALICE FELL;
 IX. 
IX. LUCY GRAY;
 X. 
X. WE ARE SEVEN.
 XI. 
XI. THE IDLE SHEPHERD-BOYS;
 XII. 
XII. ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS.
 XIII. 
XIII. RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE PET-LAMB.
 XV. 
XV. TO H. C.
 XVI. 
XVI. INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS IN CALLING FORTH AND STRENGTHENING THE IMAGINATION IN BOYHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE LONGEST DAY.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE NORMAN BOY.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE POET'S DREAM.
 XX. 
XX. THE WESTMORELAND GIRL.
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POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.
 I. 
I. THE BROTHERS.
 II. 
II. ARTEGAL AND ELIDURE.
 III. 
III. TO A BUTTERFLY.
 IV. 
IV. A FAREWELL.
 V. 
V. STANZAS
 VI. 
VI. LOUISA.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. TO ------
 XII. 
XII. THE FORSAKEN.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV. A COMPLAINT.
 XV. 
XV. TO ------
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX. TO ------
 XX. 
XX. LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE COMPLAINT
 XXII. 
XXII. THE LAST OF THE FLOCK.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. REPENTANCE.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET ---.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE COTTAGER TO HER INFANT.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. MATERNAL GRIEF.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE SAILOR'S MOTHER.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE CHILDLESS FATHER.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. THE EMIGRANT MOTHER.
 XXX. 
XXX. VAUDRACOUR AND JULIA.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE IDIOT BOY.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. MICHAEL.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE WIDOW ON WINDERMERE SIDE.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE ARMENIAN LADY'S LOVE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. LOVING AND LIKING:
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. FAREWELL LINES.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE REDBREAST.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. HER EYES ARE WILD.
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VOL. II.
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POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. TO JOANNA.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. TO M. H.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
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POEMS OF THE FANCY.
 I. 
I. A MORNING EXERCISE.
 II. 
II. A FLOWER GARDEN.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. THE WATERFALL AND THE EGLANTINE.
 V. 
V. THE OAK AND THE BROOM.
 VI. 
VI. TO A SEXTON.
 VII. 
VII. TO THE DAISY.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO THE SAME FLOWER.
 IX. 
IX. THE GREEN LINNET.
 X. 
X. TO A SKY-LARK.
 XI. 
XI. TO THE SMALL CELANDINE .
 XII. 
XII. TO THE SAME FLOWER.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE SEVEN SISTERS;
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. THE REDBREAST CHASING THE BUTTERFLY.
 XVI. 
XVI. SONG FOR THE SPINNING WHEEL.
 XVII. 
XVII. HINT FROM THE MOUNTAINS
 XVIII. 
XVIII. ON SEEING A NEEDLECASE IN THE FORM OF A HARP.
 XIX. 
XIX. TO A LADY, IN ANSWER TO A REQUEST THAT I WOULD WRITE HER A POEM UPON SOME DRAWINGS THAT SHE HAD MADE OF FLOWERS IN THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE CONTRAST.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE DANISH BOY.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. SONG FOR THE WANDERING JEW.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. STRAY PLEASURES.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE PILGRIM'S DREAM;
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE POET AND THE CAGED TURTLEDOVE.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. A WREN'S NEST.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. LOVE LIES BLEEDING.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. COMPANION TO THE FOREGOING.
 XXX. 
XXX. RURAL ILLUSIONS.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE KITTEN AND FALLING LEAVES.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. ADDRESS TO MY INFANT DAUGHTER, DORA,
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XXXIII. THE WAGGONER.
 1. 
CANTO FIRST.
 2. 
CANTO SECOND.
 3. 
CANTO THIRD.
 4. 
CANTO FOURTH.
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POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION.
 I. 
I. THERE WAS A BOY.
 II. 
II. TO THE CUCKOO.
 III. 
III. A NIGHT-PIECE.
 IV. 
IV. AIREY-FORCE VALLEY.
 V. 
V. YEW-TREES.
 VI. 
VI. NUTTING.
 VII. 
VII. THE SIMPLON PASS.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN.
 XIV. 
XIV. POWER OF MUSIC.
 XV. 
XV. STAR-GAZERS.
 XVI. 
XVI. WRITTEN IN MARCH,
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. BEGGARS.
 XIX. 
XIX. SEQUEL TO THE FOREGOING,
 XX. 
XX. GIPSIES.
 XXI. 
XXI. RUTH.
 XXII. 
XXII. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE THORN.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. HART-LEAP WELL.
 XXV. 
XXV. SONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,
 XXVI. 
XXVI. LINES, COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY,
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. FRENCH REVOLUTION,
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX. TO A SKY-LARK.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. LAODAMIA.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. DION.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE PASS OF KIRKSTONE.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. TO ENTERPRISE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. TO ------, ON HER FIRST ASCENT TO THE SUMMIT OF HELVELLYN.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. TO A YOUNG LADY, WHO HAD BEEN REPROACHED FOR TAKING LONG WALKS IN THE COUNTRY.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. WATER-FOWL.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. THE HAUNTED TREE.
 XL. 
XL. THE TRIAD.
 XLI. 
XLI. THE WISHING-GATE.
 XLII. 
XLII. THE WISHING-GATE DESTROYED.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. THE PRIMROSE OF THE ROCK.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. PRESENTIMENTS.
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XLV. VERNAL ODE.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. DEVOTIONAL INCITEMENTS.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. THE CUCKOO-CLOCK.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. TO THE CLOUDS.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE.
 L. 
L. A JEWISH FAMILY.
 LI. 
LI. ON THE POWER OF SOUND.
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PETER BELL.
  
PROLOGUE.
 1. 
PART FIRST.
 2. 
PART SECOND.
 3. 
PART THIRD.
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.
  
DEDICATION. TO ------
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PART I.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. ADMONITION.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. AT APPLETHWAITE, NEAR KESWICK.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. UPON THE SIGHT OF A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII. TO SLEEP.
 XIII. 
XIII. TO SLEEP.
 XIV. 
XIV. TO SLEEP.
 XV. 
XV. THE WILD DUCK'S NEST.
 XVI. 
XVI. WRITTEN UPON A BLANK LEAF IN “THE COMPLETE ANGLER.”
 XVII. 
XVII. TO THE POET, JOHN DYER.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. ON THE DETRACTION WHICH FOLLOWED THE PUBLICATION OF A CERTAIN POEM.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX. TO S. H.
 XXI. 
XXI. COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE VALLEYS OF WESTMORELAND, ON EASTER SUNDAY.
 XXII. 
XXII. DECAY OF PIETY.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. COMPOSED ON THE EVE OF THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND IN THE VALE OF GRASMERE, 1812.
 I. 
XXIV. FROM THE ITALIAN OF MICHAEL ANGELO. I.
 II. 
XXV. FROM THE SAME. II.
 III. 
XXVI. FROM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING. III.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. NOVEMBER, 1836.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. TO THE MEMORY OF RAISLEY CALVERT.
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PART II.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. TO B. R. HAYDON.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. RETIREMENT.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. COMPOSED AFTER A JOURNEY ACROSS THE HAMBLETON HILLS, YORKSHIRE.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. COMPOSED DURING A STORM.
 XVI. 
XVI. TO A SNOW-DROP.
 XVII. 
XVII. TO THE LADY MARY LOWTHER.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TO LADY BEAUMONT.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. CAPTIVITY.—MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. ST. CATHERINE OF LEDBURY.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. COMPOSED ON THE BANKS OF A ROCKY STREAM.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THIS, AND THE TWO FOLLOWING, WERE SUGGESTED BY MR. W. WESTALL'S VIEWS OF THE CAVES, ETC. IN YORKSHIRE.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. MALHAM COVE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. GORDALE.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802.
  
XXXVII. CONCLUSION. TO ------
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PART III.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. RECOLLECTION OF THE PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY EIGHTH, TRINITY LODGE, CAMBRIDGE.
 V. 
V. ON THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY (GEORGE THE THIRD).
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII. A PARSONAGE IN OXFORDSHIRE.
 VIII. 
VIII. COMPOSED AMONG THE RUINS OF A CASTLE IN NORTH WALES.
 IX. 
IX. TO THE LADY E. B. AND THE HON. MISS P.
 X. 
X. TO THE TORRENT AT THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE, NORTH WALES, 1824.
 XI. 
XI. IN THE WOODS OF RYDAL.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV. TO THE CUCKOO.
 XV. 
XV. TO ------
 XVI. 
XVI. THE INFANT M--- M---
 XVII. 
XVII. TO ------, IN HER SEVENTIETH YEAR.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TO ROTHA Q---.
 XIX. 
XIX. A GRAVE-STONE UPON THE FLOOR IN THE CLOISTERS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.
 XX. 
XX. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED AT BISHOPSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII. A TRADITION OF OKER HILL IN DARLEY DALE, DERBYSHIRE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. FILIAL PIETY.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. TO THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. TO B. R. HAYDON, ON SEEING HIS PICTURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. ON A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON UPON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO, BY HAYDON.
 XXX. 
XXX. COMPOSED ON A MAY MORNING, 1838.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. TO A PAINTER.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. A PLEA FOR AUTHORS, MAY 1838.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. VALEDICTORY SONNET.
 XL. 
XL. TO THE REV. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D., MASTER OF HARROW SCHOOL
 XLI. 
XLI. TO THE PLANET VENUS.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
 XLV. 
XLV. ON THE PROJECTED KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. AT FURNESS ABBEY.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. AT FURNESS ABBEY.
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VOL. III.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. 1803.
 I. 
I. DEPARTURE FROM THE VALE OF GRASMERE. AUGUST, 1803.
 II. 
II. AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS. 1803.
 III. 
III. THOUGHTS SUGGESTED THE DAY FOLLOWING, ON THE BANKS OF NITH, NEAR THE POET'S RESIDENCE.
 IV. 
IV. TO THE SONS OF BURNS,
 V. 
V. ELLEN IRWIN:
 VI. 
VI. TO A HIGHLAND GIRL.
 VII. 
VII. GLEN-ALMAIN;
 VIII. 
VIII. STEPPING WESTWARD.
 IX. 
IX. THE SOLITARY REAPER.
 X. 
X. ADDRESS TO KILCHURN CASTLE, UPON LOCH AWE.
 XI. 
XI. ROB ROY'S GRAVE.
 XII. 
XII. SONNET. COMPOSED AT --- CASTLE.
 XIII. 
XIII. YARROW UNVISITED.
 XIV. 
XIV. SONNET IN THE PASS OF KILLICRANKY,
 XV. 
XV. THE MATRON OF JEDBOROUGH AND HER HUSBAND.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE BLIND HIGHLAND BOY.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND. 1814.
 I. 
I. SUGGESTED BY A BEAUTIFUL RUIN UPON ONE OF THE ISLANDS OF LOCH LOMOND, A PLACE CHOSEN FOR THE RETREAT OF A SOLITARY INDIVIDUAL, FROM WHOM THIS HABITATION ACQUIRED THE NAME OF THE BROWNIE'S CELL.
 II. 
II. COMPOSED AT CORA LINN,
 III. 
III. EFFUSION, IN THE PLEASURE-GROUND ON THE BANKS OF THE BRAN, NEAR DUNKELD.
 IV. 
IV. YARROW VISITED.
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POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY.
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PART I.
 I. 
I. COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE, NEAR CALAIS.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. COMPOSED NEAR CALAIS, ON THE ROAD LEADING TO ARDRES, AUGUST 7, 1802.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.
 VII. 
VII. THE KING OF SWEDEN.
 VIII. 
VIII. TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X. COMPOSED IN THE VALLEY NEAR DOVER, ON THE DAY OF LANDING.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII. THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND.
 XIII. 
XIII. WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. TO THE MEN OF KENT. OCTOBER, 1803.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. LINES ON THE EXPECTED INVASION. 1803.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. ANTICIPATION. OCTOBER, 1803.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. ODE.
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PART II.
 I. 
I. ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY.
 II. 
II. UPON THE SAME EVENT.
 III. 
III. TO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. MARCH, 1807.
 IV. 
IV. A PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807.
 V. 
V. COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII. COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA.
 VIII. 
VIII. COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION.
 IX. 
IX. HOFFER.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. FEELINGS OF THE TYROLESE.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. ON THE FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE TYROLESE.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX.
 XX. 
XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE OAK OF GUERNICA.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. INDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLAS.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. SPANISH GUERILLAS.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE FRENCH ARMY IN RUSSIA.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. ON THE SAME OCCASION.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE GERMANS ON THE HEIGHTS OF HOCK HEIM.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
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XXXIX. ODE.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 XL. 
XL. FEELINGS OF A FRENCH ROYALIST, ON THE DISINTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF THE DUKE D'ENGHIEN.
 XLI. 
XLI. OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
 XLII. 
XLII. SIEGE OF VIENNA RAISED BY JOHN SOBIESKI.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. OCCASIONED BY THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
 XLV. 
XLV. ODE.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. ODE.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT. 1820.
  
DEDICATION. (SENT WITH THESE POEMS, IN MS., TO ------.)
 I. 
I. FISH-WOMEN.
 II. 
II. BRUGÈS.
 III. 
III. BRUGÈS.
 IV. 
IV. INCIDENT AT BRUGES.
 V. 
V. AFTER VISITING THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
 VI. 
VI. BETWEEN NAMUR AND LIEGE.
 VII. 
VII. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
 VIII. 
VIII. IN THE CATHEDRAL AT COLOGNE.
 IX. 
IX. IN A CARRIAGE, UPON THE BANKS OF THE RHINE.
 X. 
X. HYMN, FOR THE BOATMEN, AS THEY APPROACH THE RAPIDS UNDER THE CASTLE OF HEIDELBERG.
 XI. 
XI. THE SOURCE OF THE DANUBE.
 XII. 
XII. ON APPROACHING THE STAUB-BACH, LAUTERBRUNNEN.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE FALL OF THE AAR—HANDEC.
 XIV. 
XIV. MEMORIAL.
 XV. 
XV. COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE CATHOLIC CANTONS.
 XVI. 
XVI. AFTER-THOUGHT.
 XVII. 
XVII. SCENE ON THE LAKE OF BRIENTZ.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. ENGELBERG, THE HILL OF ANGELS .
 XIX. 
XIX. OUR LADY OF THE SNOW.
 XX. 
XX. EFFUSION, IN PRESENCE OF THE PAINTED TOWER OF TELL, AT ALTORF.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE TOWN OF SCHWYTZ.
 XXII. 
XXII. ON HEARING THE “RANZ DES VACHES” ON THE TOP OF THE PASS OF ST. GOTHARD.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. FORT FUENTES.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE CHURCH OF SAN SALVADOR.
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XXV. THE ITALIAN ITINERANT, AND THE SWISS GOATHERD.
 I. 
PART I.
 II. 
PART II.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE LAST SUPPER, BY LEONARDO DA VINCI, IN THE REFECTORY OF THE CONVENT OF MARIA DELLA GRAZIA—MILAN .
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 1820.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE THREE COTTAGE GIRLS.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. THE COLUMN INTENDED BY BUONAPARTE FOR A TRIUMPHAL EDIFICE IN MILAN, NOW LYING BY THE WAY-SIDE IN THE SIMPLON PASS.
 XXX. 
XXX. STANZAS, COMPOSED IN THE SIMPLON PASS.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. ECHO, UPON THE GEMMI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. PROCESSIONS.
  
XXXIII. ELEGIAC STANZAS.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. SKY-PROSPECT—FROM THE PLAIN OF FRANCE.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. ON BEING STRANDED NEAR THE HARBOUR OF BOULOGNE .
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. AFTER LANDING—THE VALLEY OF DOVER. Nov. 1820.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. AT DOVER.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. DESULTORY STANZAS, Upon Receiving the Preceding Sheets from the Press.
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY. 1837.
  
TO HENRY CRABB ROBINSON.
 I. 
I. MUSINGS NEAR AQUAPENDENTE.
 II. 
II. THE PINE OF MONTE MARIO AT ROME.
 III. 
III. AT ROME.
 IV. 
IV. AT ROME.—REGRETS.—IN ALLUSION TO NIEBUHR AND OTHER MODERN HISTORIANS.
 V. 
V. AT ROME.—REGRETS.—IN ALLUSION TO NIEBUHR AND OTHER MODERN HISTORIANS: CONTINUED.
 VI. 
VI. PLEA FOR THE HISTORIAN.
 VII. 
VII. AT ROME.
 VIII. 
VIII. NEAR ROME, IN SIGHT OF ST. PETER'S.
 IX. 
IX. AT ALBANO.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. FROM THE ALBAN HILLS, LOOKING TOWARDS ROME.
 XII. 
XII. NEAR THE LAKE OF THRASYMENE.
 XIII. 
XIII. NEAR THE SAME LAKE.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE CUCKOO AT LAVERNA.
 XV. 
XV. AT THE CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI.
 XVI. 
XVI. AT THE CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI: CONTINUED.
 XVII. 
XVII. AT THE EREMITE OR UPPER CONVENT OF CAMALDOLI.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. AT VALLOMBROSA.
 XIX. 
XIX. AT FLORENCE.
 XX. 
XX. BEFORE THE PICTURE OF THE BAPTIST, BY RAPHAEL, IN THE GALLERY AT FLORENCE.
 XXI. 
XXI. AT FLORENCE.
 XXII. 
XXII. AT FLORENCE.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. AMONG THE RUINS OF A CONVENT IN THE APENNINES.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. IN LOMBARDY.
 XXV. 
XXV. AFTER LEAVING ITALY.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. AFTER LEAVING ITALY: CONTINUED.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. COMPOSED AT RYDAL ON MAY MORNING, 1838.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN.
  
THE EGYPTIAN MAID;
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THE RIVER DUDDON.
  
TO THE REV. DR. WORDSWORTH.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI. FLOWERS.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. THE STEPPING-STONES.
 X. 
X. THE SAME SUBJECT.
 XI. 
XI. THE FAËRY CHASM.
 XII. 
XII. HINTS FOR THE FANCY.
 XIII. 
XIII. OPEN PROSPECT.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI. AMERICAN TRADITION.
 XVII. 
XVII. RETURN.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. SEATHWAITE CHAPEL.
 XIX. 
XIX. TRIBUTARY STREAM.
 XX. 
XX. THE PLAIN OF DONNERDALE.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII. TRADITION.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. SHEEP-WASHING.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE RESTING-PLACE.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. JOURNEY RENEWED.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
  
XXXIII. CONCLUSION.
  
XXXIV. AFTER-THOUGHT.
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YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS,
  
[dedication]
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. ON THE DEPARTURE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM ABBOTSFORD, FOR NAPLES.
 III. 
III. A PLACE OF BURIAL IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
 IV. 
IV. ON THE SIGHT OF A MANSE IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
 V. 
V. COMPOSED IN ROSLIN CHAPEL, DURING A STORM.
 VI. 
VI. THE TROSACHS.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. COMPOSED IN THE GLEN OF LOCH ETIVE.
 IX. 
IX. EAGLES.
 X. 
X. IN THE SOUND OF MULL.
 XI. 
XI. SUGGESTED AT TYNDRUM IN A STORM.
 XII. 
XII. THE EARL OF BREADALBANE'S RUINED MANSION, AND FAMILY BURIAL-PLACE, NEAR KILLIN.
 XIII. 
XIII. ‘REST AND BE THANKFUL!’
 XIV. 
XIV. HIGHLAND HUT.
 XV. 
XV. THE HIGHLAND BROACH.
 XVI. 
XVI. THE BROWNIE.
 XVII. 
XVII. TO THE PLANET VENUS, AN EVENING STAR.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. BOTHWELL CASTLE. (Passed unseen, on account of stormy weather.)
 XIX. 
XIX. PICTURE OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN, AT HAMILTON PALACE.
 XX. 
XX. THE AVON.
 XXI. 
XXI. SUGGESTED BY A VIEW FROM AN EMINENCE IN INGLEWOOD FOREST.
 XXII. 
XXII. HART'S-HORN TREE, NEAR PENRITH.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. FANCY AND TRADITION.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. COUNTESS' PILLAR.
 XXV. 
XXV. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. APOLOGY, For the Foregoing Poems.
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VOL. IV.
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THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;
  
DEDICATION.
  
[prologue]
 1. 
CANTO FIRST.
 2. 
CANTO SECOND.
 3. 
CANTO THIRD.
 4. 
CANTO FOURTH.
 5. 
CANTO FIFTH.
 6. 
CANTO SIXTH.
 7. 
CANTO SEVENTH.
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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.
 I. 
I. INTRODUCTION.
 II. 
II. CONJECTURES.
 III. 
III. TREPIDATION OF THE DRUIDS.
 IV. 
IV. DRUIDICAL EXCOMMUNICATION.
 V. 
V. UNCERTAINTY.
 VI. 
VI. PERSECUTION.
 VII. 
VII. RECOVERY.
 VIII. 
VIII. TEMPTATIONS FROM ROMAN REFINEMENTS.
 IX. 
IX. DISSENSIONS.
 X. 
X. STRUGGLE OF THE BRITONS AGAINST THE BARBARIANS.
 XI. 
XI. SAXON CONQUEST.
 XII. 
XII. MONASTERY OF OLD BANGOR .
 XIII. 
XIII. CASUAL INCITEMENT.
 XIV. 
XIV GLAD TIDINGS.
 XV. 
XV. PAULINUS
 XVI. 
XVI. PERSUASION.
 XVII. 
XVII. CONVERSION.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. APOLOGY.
 XIX. 
XIX. PRIMITIVE SAXON CLERGY.
 XX. 
XX. OTHER INFLUENCES.
 XXI. 
XXI. SECLUSION.
 XXII. 
XXII. CONTINUED.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. REPROOF.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. SAXON MONASTERIES, AND LIGHTS AND SHADES OF THE RELIGION.
 XXV. 
XXV. MISSIONS AND TRAVELS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. ALFRED.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. HIS DESCENDANTS.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. INFLUENCE ABUSED.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. DANISH CONQUESTS.
 XXX. 
XXX. CANUTE.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. CRUSADES.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. RICHARD I.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. AN INTERDICT.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. PAPAL ABUSES.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. SCENE IN VENICE.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. PAPAL DOMINION.
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PART II. TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. CISTERTIAN MONASTERY.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. MONKS AND SCHOOLMEN.
 VI. 
VI. OTHER BENEFITS.
 VII. 
VII. OTHER BENEFITS: CONTINUED.
 VIII. 
VIII. CRUSADERS.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI. TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
 XII. 
XII. THE VAUDOIS.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV. WALDENSES.
 XV. 
XV. ARCHBISHOP CHICHELY TO HENRY V.
 XVI. 
XVI. WARS OF YORK AND LANCASTER.
 XVII. 
XVII. WICLIFFE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. CORRUPTIONS OF THE HIGHER CLERGY.
 XIX. 
XIX. ABUSE OF MONASTIC POWER.
 XX. 
XX. MONASTIC VOLUPTUOUSNESS.
 XXI. 
XXI. DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE SAME SUBJECT. [DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES.]
 XXIII. 
XXIII. [DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES]: CONTINUED.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. SAINTS.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE VIRGIN.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. APOLOGY.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. IMAGINATIVE REGRETS.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. REFLECTIONS.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.
 XXX. 
XXX. THE POINT AT ISSUE.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. EDWARD VI.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. EDWARD SIGNING THE WARRANT FOR THE EXECUTION OF JOAN OF KENT.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. REVIVAL OF POPERY.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. LATIMER AND RIDLEY.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. CRANMER.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. GENERAL VIEW OF THE TROUBLES OF THE REFORMATION.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. ENGLISH REFORMERS IN EXILE.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. ELIZABETH.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. EMINENT REFORMERS.
 XL. 
XL. THE SAME. [EMINENT REFORMERS.]
 XLI. 
XLI. DISTRACTIONS.
 XLII. 
XLII. GUNPOWDER PLOT.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. THE JUNG-FRAU AND THE FALL OF THE RHINE NEAR SCHAFFHAUSEN.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. TROUBLES OF CHARLES THE FIRST.
 XLV. 
XLV. LAUD .
 XLVI. 
XLVI. AFFLICTIONS OF ENGLAND.
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PART III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES.
 III. 
III. CHARLES THE SECOND.
 IV. 
IV. LATITUDINARIANISM.
 V. 
V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES.
 VI. 
VI. CLERICAL INTEGRITY.
 VII. 
VII. PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS.
 VIII. 
VIII. ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS.
 IX. 
IX. WILLIAM THE THIRD.
 X. 
X. OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
 XI. 
XI. SACHEVEREL.
 XII. 
XII.
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ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA.
 XIII. 
XIII. I.—THE PILGRIM FATHERS.
 XIV. 
XIV. II. CONTINUED.
 XV. 
XV. III. CONCLUDED.—AMERICAN EPISCOPACY.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII. PLACES OF WORSHIP.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. PASTORAL CHARACTER.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE LITURGY.
 XX. 
XX. BAPTISM.
 XXI. 
XXI. SPONSORS.
 XXII. 
XXII. CATECHISING.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. CONFIRMATION.
 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.
 XL. 
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.
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EVENING VOLUNTARIES.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II. ON A HIGH PART OF THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND.
 III. 
III. (BY THE SEA-SIDE.)
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. (BY THE SIDE OF RYDAL MERE.)
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. COMPOSED UPON AN EVENING OF EXTRAORDINARY SPLENDOUR AND BEAUTY.
 X. 
X. COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SHORE.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII. TO THE MOON.
 XIII. 
XIII. TO THE MOON.
 XIV. 
XIV. TO LUCCA GIORDANO.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
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POEMS, COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV. TO THE RIVER GRETA, NEAR KESWICK.
 V. 
V. TO THE RIVER DERWENT.
 VI. 
VI. IN SIGHT OF THE TOWN OF COCKERMOUTH.
 VII. 
VII. ADDRESS FROM THE SPIRIT OF COCKERMOUTH CASTLE.
 VIII. 
VIII. NUN'S WELL, BRIGHAM.
 IX. 
IX. TO A FRIEND.
 X. 
X. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
 XI. 
XI. STANZAS SUGGESTED IN A STEAM-BOAT OFF SAINT BEES' HEADS, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND.
 XII. 
XII. IN THE CHANNEL, BETWEEN THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN.
 XIII. 
XIII. AT SEA OFF THE ISLE OF MAN.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. ON ENTERING DOUGLAS BAY, ISLE OF MAN.
 XVI. 
XVI. BY THE SEA-SHORE, ISLE OF MAN.
 XVII. 
XVII. ISLE OF MAN.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. ISLE OF MAN.
 XIX. 
XIX. BY A RETIRED MARINER.
 XX. 
XX. AT BALA-SALA, ISLE OF MAN.
 XXI. 
XXI. TYNWALD HILL.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. IN THE FRITH OF CLYDE, AILSA CRAG.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. ON THE FRITH OF CLYDE.
 XXV. 
XXV. ON REVISITING DUNOLLY CASTLE.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE DUNOLLY EAGLE.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF MACPHERSON'S OSSIAN.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. CAVE OF STAFFA.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. CAVE OF STAFFA.
 XXX. 
XXX. CAVE OF STAFFA.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. FLOWERS ON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. IONA.
 XXIII. 
XXXIII. IONA.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. THE BLACK STONES OF IONA.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. GREENOCK.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. THE RIVER EDEN, CUMBERLAND.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. MONUMENT OF MRS. HOWARD,
 XL. 
XL. SUGGESTED BY THE FOREGOING.
 XLI. 
XLI. NUNNERY.
 XLII. 
XLII. STEAMBOATS, VIADUCTS, AND RAILWAYS.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. LOWTHER.
 XLV. 
XLV. TO THE EARL OF LONSDALE.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. THE SOMNAMBULIST.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. TO CORDELIA M---
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
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POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION.
 I. 
I. EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY.
 II. 
II. THE TABLES TURNED.
 III. 
III. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.
 IV. 
IV. A CHARACTER.
 V. 
V. TO MY SISTER.
 VI. 
VI. SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN;
 VII. 
VII. WRITTEN IN GERMANY.
 VIII. 
VIII. A POET'S EPITAPH.
 IX. 
IX. TO THE DAISY.
 X. 
X. MATTHEW.
 XI. 
XI. THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS.
 XII. 
XII. THE FOUNTAIN.
 XIII. 
XIII. PERSONAL TALK.
 XIV. 
XIV. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
 XV. 
XV. TO THE SPADE OF A FRIEND.
 XVI. 
XVI. A NIGHT THOUGHT.
 XVII. 
XVII. INCIDENT.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TRIBUTE
 XIX. 
XIX. FIDELITY.
 XX. 
XX. ODE TO DUTY.
 XXI. 
XXI. CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE FORCE OF PRAYER ;
 XXIII. 
XXIII. A FACT, AND AN IMAGINATION;
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV. ODE TO LYCORIS.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. TO THE SAME. [LYCORIS.]
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. UPON THE SAME OCCASION.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. MEMORY.
 XXX. 
XXX.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. HUMANITY.
 XXXII. 
XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. THOUGHTS ON THE SEASONS.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. TO ------.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. THE WARNING.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. THE LABOURER'S NOON-DAY HYMN.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. ODE,
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. TO MAY.
 XL. 
XL. LINES
 XLI. 
XLI. THE FOREGOING SUBJECT RESUMED.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. UPON SEEING A COLOURED DRAWING OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE IN AN ALBUM.
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SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY AND ORDER.
 I. 
I. COMPOSED AFTER READING A NEWSPAPER OF THE DAY.
 II. 
II. UPON THE LATE GENERAL FAST.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. IN ALLUSION TO VARIOUS RECENT HISTORIES AND NOTICES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
 VI. 
VI. [IN ALLUSION TO VARIOUS RECENT HISTORIES AND NOTICES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION]: CONTINUED.
 VII. 
VII. [IN ALLUSION TO VARIOUS RECENT HISTORIES AND NOTICES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION]: CONCLUDED.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX. TO THE PENNSYLVANIANS.
 X. 
X. AT BOLOGNA, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE INSURRECTIONS, 1837.
 XI. 
XI. [AT BOLOGNA, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE INSURRECTIONS, 1837.]: CONTINUED.
 XII. 
XII. [AT BOLOGNA, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE INSURRECTIONS, 1837.]: CONCLUDED.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
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SONNETS UPON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
 I. 
I. SUGGESTED BY THE VIEW OF LANCASTER CASTLE (ON THE ROAD FROM THE SOUTH).
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. CONCLUSION.
 XIV. 
XIV. APOLOGY.
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VOL. V.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
 I. 
I. EPISTLE TO SIR GEORGE HOWLAND BEAUMONT, BART.
  
UPON PERUSING THE FOREGOING EPISTLE THIRTY YEARS AFTER ITS COMPOSITION.
 II. 
II. GOLD AND SILVER FISHES IN A VASE.
 III. 
III. LIBERTY.
 IV. 
IV. POOR ROBIN.
 V. 
V. THE GLEANER.
 VI. 
VI. TO A REDBREAST
  
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII. SONNET.
 IX. 
IX. FLOATING ISLAND.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII. TO THE LADY FLEMING,
 XIII. 
XIII. ON THE SAME OCCASION.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLE.
 XV. 
XV. GOODY BLAKE AND HARRY GILL.
 XVI. 
XVI. PRELUDE,
 XVII. 
XVII. TO A CHILD.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. LINES
 XIX. 
XIX. GRACE DARLING.
 XX. 
XX. THE RUSSIAN FUGITIVE.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
 I. 
I. IN THE GROUNDS OF COLEORTON, THE SEAT OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., LEICESTERSHIRE.
 II. 
II. IN A GARDEN OF THE SAME.
 III. 
III. WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., AND IN HIS NAME, FOR AN URN, PLACED BY HIM AT THE TERMINATION OF A NEWLY-PLANTED AVENUE, IN THE SAME GROUNDS.
 IV. 
IV. FOR A SEAT IN THE GROVES OF COLEORTON.
 V. 
V. WRITTEN WITH A PENCIL UPON A STONE IN THE WALL OF THE HOUSE (AN OUT-HOUSE), ON THE ISLAND AT GRASMERE.
 VI. 
VI. WRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL ON A STONE, ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF BLACK COMB.
 VII. 
VII.WRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL UPON A STONE, THE LARGEST OF A HEAP LYING NEAR A DESERTED QUARRY, UPON ONE OF THE ISLANDS AT RYDAL.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X. INSCRIPTIONS SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND IN AND NEAR A HERMIT'S CELL. 1818.
 XI. 
XI. INSCRIBED UPON A ROCK.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII. NEAR THE SPRING OF THE HERMITAGE.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV. FOR THE SPOT WHERE THE HERMITAGE STOOD ON ST. HERBERT'S ISLAND, DERWENT-WATER.
 XVI. 
XVI. ON THE BANKS OF A ROCKY STREAM.
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SELECTIONS FROM CHAUCER. MODERNISED.
 I. 
I. THE PRIORESS' TALE.
 II. 
II. THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE.
 III. 
III. TROILUS AND CRESIDA.
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POEMS REFERRING TO THE PERIOD OF OLD AGE.
 I. 
I. THE OLD CUMBERLAND BEGGAR.
 II. 
II. THE FARMER OF TILSBURY VALE.
 III. 
III. THE SMALL CELANDINE.
 IV. 
IV. THE TWO THIEVES;
 V. 
V. ANIMAL TRANQUILLITY AND DECAY.
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EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES.
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EPITAPHS TRANSLATED FROM CHIABRERA.
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V. ADDRESS TO THE SCHOLARS OF THE VILLAGE SCHOOL OF ------
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VI. ELEGIAC STANZAS, SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF PEELE CASTLE, IN A STORM, PAINTED BY SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT.
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X. LINES Composed at Grasmere, during a walk one Evening, after a stormy day, the Author having just read in a Newspaper that the dissolution of Mr. Fox was hourly expected.
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XVI. EXTEMPORE EFFUSION UPON THE DEATH OF JAMES HOGG.
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INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
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[‘Here might I pause, and bend in reverence]
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PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, EARL OF LONSDALE, K.G. ETC. ETC.
  
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BOOK FIRST. THE WANDERER.
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[FROM AN ESSAY UPON EPITAPHS.]

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XXII. THE FORCE OF PRAYER ;

OR, THE FOUNDING OF BOLTON PRIORY.

A TRADITION.

“What is good for a bootless bene?”
With these dark words begins my Tale;
And their meaning is, whence can comfort spring
When Prayer is of no avail?
“What is good for a bootless bene?”
The Falconer to the Lady said;
And she made answer “endless sorrow!”
For she knew that her Son was dead.
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She knew it by the Falconer's words,
And from the look of the Falconer's eye;
And from the love which was in her soul
For her youthful Romilly.
—Young Romilly through Barden woods
Is ranging high and low;
And holds a greyhound in a leash,
To let slip upon buck or doe.
The pair have reached that fearful chasm,
How tempting to bestride!
For lordly Wharf is there pent in
With rocks on either side.
The striding-place is called The Strid,
A name which it took of yore:
A thousand years hath it borne that name,
And shall a thousand more.
And hither is young Romilly come,
And what may now forbid
That he, perhaps for the hundredth time,
Shall bound across The Strid?
He sprang in glee,—for what cared he
That the river was strong, and the rocks were steep?—
But the greyhound in the leash hung back,
And checked him in his leap.
The Boy is in the arms of Wharf,
And strangled by a merciless force;
For never more was young Romilly seen
Till he rose a lifeless corse.
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Now there is stillness in the vale,
And long, unspeaking, sorrow:
Wharf shall be to pitying hearts
A name more sad than Yarrow.
If for a lover the Lady wept,
A solace she might borrow
From death, and from the passion of death:—
Old Wharf might heal her sorrow.
She weeps not for the wedding-day
Which was to be to-morrow:
Her hope was a further-looking hope,
And hers is a mother's sorrow.
He was a tree that stood alone,
And proudly did its branches wave;
And the root of this delightful tree
Was in her husband's grave!
Long, long in darkness did she sit,
And her first words were, “Let there be
In Bolton, on the field of Wharf,
A stately Priory!”
The stately Priory was reared;
And Wharf, as he moved along,
To matins joined a mournful voice,
Nor failed at even-song.
And the Lady prayed in heaviness
That looked not for relief!
But slowly did her succour come,
And a patience to her grief.
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Oh! there is never sorrow of heart
That shall lack a timely end,
If but to God we turn, and ask
Of Him to be our friend!
1808.
 

See the White Doe of Rylstone.

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