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
Perchance, guilt's heavier woes; and do not feel 1814.
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[Footnote 458: 1827.
... tow'rds ... 1814.
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[Footnote 459: 1836.
Could have transferred him to his lonely House
Within the circuit of those guardian rocks. 1814.
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[Footnote 460: 1836.
... gentler ... 1814.
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[Footnote 461: 1827.
... full ... 1814.
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[Footnote 462: 1836.
Thus truth is missed, and comprehension fails;
And darkness ... 1814.
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[Footnote 463: 1836.
... and ... 1814.
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[Footnote 464: 1827.
... or ... 1814.
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[Footnote 465: 1820.
... forbidding ... 1814.
The texts of 1827 to 1843 and that of 1847 return to the text of 1814.]
[Footnote 466: 1836.
... or approached.
Permit me," said the Priest continuing, "here
To use an illustration of my thought,
Drawn from the very spot on which we stand.
--In changeful April, when, as he is wont,
Winter has reassumed a short lived sway
And whitened all the surface of the fields,
If--from the sullen region of the North
Towards the circuit of this holy ground
Your walk conducts you, ere the vigorous sun,
High climbing, hath attained his noon-tide height--
These Mounds, ... 1814.
Thus, when in changeful April snow has fallen,
And fields are white, if from the sullen north
Your walk conduct you hither, ere the Sun
Hath gained his noontide height, this churchyard, filled
With mounds ... 1827.
... ere vigorous sun MS.
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[Footnote 467: 1827.
A dreary plain of unillumined snow, 1814.
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[Footnote 468: 1827.
... Go forward, and look back;
On the same circuit of this church-yard ground
Look, ... 1814.
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[Footnote 469: 1836.
Hopeful and cheerful:--vanished is the snow,
Vanished or hidden; ... 1814.
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[Footnote 470: 1827.
A ... 1814.
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[Footnote 471: 1827.
And ... 1814.
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[Footnote 472: 1836.
... spade, and shepherd's simple crook, 1814.
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[Footnote 473: 1827.
... where You have long
Held spiritual sway, have guided and consoled,
And watched the outward course and inner heart. 1814.
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[Footnote 474: Italics were first used in 1827.]
[Footnote 475: 1827.
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