Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net +-------------------------------------------+ | Note: | | | | = around word indicates bold =CAPSULE.= | | _ around word indicated italics _Erebus_ | +-------------------------------------------+ THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH VOL. V [Illustration: _William Wordsworth_ _after Margaret Gillies_ _Printed by Wittmann Paris_] THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EDITED BY WILLIAM KNIGHT VOL. V [Illustration] London MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NEW YORK: MACMILLAN & CO. 1896 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE THE EXCURSION-- PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 20 BOOK FIRST--THE WANDERER 26 BOOK SECOND--THE SOLITARY 67 BOOK THIRD--DESPONDENCY 105 BOOK FOURTH--DESPONDENCY CORRECTED 142 BOOK FIFTH--THE PASTOR 195 BOOK SIXTH--THE CHURCH-YARD AMONG THE MOUNTAINS 235 BOOK SEVENTH--THE CHURCH-YARD AMONG THE MOUNTAINS--_Continued_ 283 BOOK EIGHTH--THE PARSONAGE 326 BOOK NINTH--DISCOURSE OF THE WANDERER, AND AN EVENING VISIT TO THE LAKE 352 NOTES 383 APPENDIX NOTE A 391 NOTE B 392 NOTE C 393 NOTE D 396 NOTE E 398 WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS THE EXCURSION Composed 1795-1814.--Published 1814