The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

Name: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)
Author: Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

... and a couch of rest;
    'Mid the blank world of snow and ice,
    Thou to his dangers dost enchain
    The ...                                                     1832.
]

[Footnote 418: 1837.

    ... glide serene
    From cloud to cloud, ...                                    1822.
]

[Footnote 419: 1832.

    Or, in their bells ...                                      1822.
]

[Footnote 420: 1832.

    ... in ghastly silence sleep?
    --Within ...                                                1822.
]

[Footnote 421: 1832.

    ... an abject ...                                          1827.
]

[Footnote 422: This stanza was first added in the edition of 1827.]

[Footnote 423: 1837.

    Or stifled under weight ...                                 1822.
]

[Footnote 424: 1845.

    Heaving with convulsive throes,--
    It quivers--and is still;                                   1822.

    Raised in a moment; with convulsive throes
    It heaved--and all is still;                                1837.
]

[Footnote 425: 1840.

    While ...                                                   1822.

    And withered leaves, from Earth's cold breast
    Up-caught in whirlwinds, nowhere can find rest.              1832.

    ... like sleet
    Clothing a tall pine's northern side,
    In rough November days when winds have tried
    Their force on all things else--left naked far and wide.    1837.
]

[Footnote 426: 1837.

    ... of the name,                                            1822.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote EO:

                           Awhile the living hill
    Heaved with convulsive throes, and all was still.

--Dr. Darwin describing the destruction of the army of Cambyses.--W. W.
1822.

Compare _Memoirs of Wordsworth_, vol. ii. p. 225.--ED.]

[Footnote EP: The nightingale. Compare _Il Penseroso_, l. 62.--ED.]


THE RIVER DUDDON

A SERIES OF SONNETS

Composed 1820.--Published 1820

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)Wordsworth, William

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

... and a couch of rest;
    'Mid the blank world of snow and ice,
    Thou to his dangers dost enchain
    The ...                                                     1832.
]

[Footnote 418: 1837.

    ... glide serene
    From cloud to cloud, ...                                    1822.
]

[Footnote 419: 1832.

    Or, in their bells ...                                      1822.
]

[Footnote 420: 1832.

    ... in ghastly silence sleep?
    --Within ...                                                1822.
]

[Footnote 421: 1832.

    ... an abject ...                                          1827.
]

[Footnote 422: This stanza was first added in the edition of 1827.]

[Footnote 423: 1837.

    Or stifled under weight ...                                 1822.
]

[Footnote 424: 1845.

    Heaving with convulsive throes,--
    It quivers--and is still;                                   1822.

    Raised in a moment; with convulsive throes
    It heaved--and all is still;                                1837.
]

[Footnote 425: 1840.

    While ...                                                   1822.

    And withered leaves, from Earth's cold breast
    Up-caught in whirlwinds, nowhere can find rest.              1832.

    ... like sleet
    Clothing a tall pine's northern side,
    In rough November days when winds have tried
    Their force on all things else--left naked far and wide.    1837.
]

[Footnote 426: 1837.

    ... of the name,                                            1822.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote EO:

                           Awhile the living hill
    Heaved with convulsive throes, and all was still.

--Dr. Darwin describing the destruction of the army of Cambyses.--W. W.
1822.

Compare _Memoirs of Wordsworth_, vol. ii. p. 225.--ED.]

[Footnote EP: The nightingale. Compare _Il Penseroso_, l. 62.--ED.]


THE RIVER DUDDON

A SERIES OF SONNETS

Composed 1820.--Published 1820

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

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