The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8)Wordsworth, William
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 5 (of 8)
Wordsworth, William
English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century
Is human Life; and so the Spirit fares
In the best quiet to her[283] course allowed;
And such is mine,--save only for a hope
That my particular current soon will reach 990
The unfathomable gulf, where all is still!"
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[Footnote 211: 1827.
... the ... 1814.
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[Footnote 212: 1836.
A place of refuge seeking ... 1814.
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[Footnote 213: 1827.
... it draws its ... 1814.
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[Footnote 214: 1814.
... his ... 1832.
1845 returns to 1814.
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[Footnote 215: 1827.
... At the word
We followed where he led:--a sudden turn 1814.
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[Footnote 216: 1827.
...yet thereon appeared
Conspicuously stationed, one fair Plant, 1814.
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[Footnote 217: 1827.
...which ... 1814.
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[Footnote 218: 1827.
You have decried, in no unseemly terms
Of modesty, that wealth which is your own. 1814.
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[Footnote 219: 1827.
I cannot but incline to a belief
That in these shows ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 220: 1827.
... should perhaps have blamed myself, 1814.
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[Footnote 221: 1827.
... lurked 1814.
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[Footnote 222: 1827.
... look around me, 1814.
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[Footnote 223: 1827.
... deemed,
Is He (if such have ever entered here)
The wandering Herbalist,-- ... 1814.
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[Footnote 224: 1827.
... vexing thoughts,
Casts on these uncouth Forms ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 225: 1827.
Of every luckless rock or stone that stands
Before his sight, by weather-stains disguised,
Or crusted o'er with vegetation thin,
Nature's first growth, ... 1814.
]
[Footnote 226: 1827.
Doth to the substance give some barbarous name,
Then ... 1814.
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[Footnote 227: 1845.
... if haply interveined 1814.
]
[Footnote 228: 1827.
This earnest Pair may range from hill to hill,
And, ... 1814.
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[Footnote 229: 1845.
... no pain is in their sport." 1814.
]
[Footnote 230: 1827.
Framed ... 1814.
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[Footnote 231: 1814.
Nor for ... 1827.
The text of 1845 returns to that of 1814.]
[Footnote 232: 1827.
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