The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)Wordsworth, William
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)
Wordsworth, William
English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century
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 47
November, 1806 49
Address to a Child 50
"Brook! whose society the Poet seeks" 52
"There is a little unpretending Rill" 53
1807
To Lady Beaumont 57
A Prophecy. February, 1807 59
Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland 60
To Thomas Clarkson, on the final passing of the Bill for
the Abolition of the Slave Trade, March, 1807 62
The Mother's Return 63
Gipsies 65
"O Nightingale! thou surely art" 67
"Though narrow be that old Man's cares, and near" 68
Composed by the side of Grasmere Lake. 1807 73
In the Grounds of Coleorton, the Seat of Sir George
Beaumont, Bart., Leicestershire 74
In a Garden of the same 76
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 78
For a Seat in the Groves of Coleorton 80
Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle 82
1808
The White Doe of Rylstone 100
The Force of Prayer 204
Composed while the Author was engaged in writing a
Tract, occasioned by the Convention of Cintra. 1808 210
Composed at the same time and on the same occasion 211
1809
Tyrolese Sonnets--
Hoffer 213
"Advance--come forth from thy Tyrolean ground" 214
Feelings of the Tyrolese 215
"Alas! what boots the long laborious quest" 216
On the final Submission of the Tyrolese 217
"The martial courage of a day is vain" 217
"And is it among rude untutored Dales" 222
"O'er the wide earth, on mountain and on plain" 223
"Hail, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye" 224
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