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

How virtue triumphs, from her bondage freed!                1816.
]

[Footnote 116: 1845.

    ... conquered ...                                           1816.
]

[Footnote 117: 1845.

    --Yet might it well become that City now,
    Into whose breast the tides of grandeur flow,               1816.
]

[Footnote 118: 1820.

    ... its ...                                                 1816.
]

[Footnote 119: 1837.

    Upon ...                                                    1819.
]

[Footnote 120: 1850.

    Bright be the distant fabric, ...                           1816.

    Bright be the peaceful Fabric, ...                          1845.
]

[Footnote 121: 1827.

    ... and time can trust.                                     1816.

    The next line was omitted in 1816.
]

[Footnote 122: 1845.

    ... and for our errors,                                     1816.
]

[Footnote 123: 1845.

    But thy most dreaded instrument,
    In working out a pure intent,
    Is Man--arrayed for mutual slaughter,--
    Yea, Carnage is thy daughter!                               1816.

    But thy most awful instrument                               1837.
]

[Footnote 124: 1837.

    And by thy just permission ...                              1816.
]

[Footnote 125: 1845.

    ... to Thee--
    With fervent thoughts, but in a gentler strain              1837.
]

[Footnote 126: The above six lines were added in 1837.]

[Footnote 127: 1845.

    ... to THEE--
    On this appointed Day shall thanks ascend,                  1816.

    ... Humanity,
    On this appointed day shall thanks ascend,                  1837.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote BC: Compare this description of the news of Waterloo spreading
over the nations with the effect of the lady's laugh in _To Joanna_. See
"Poems on the Naming of Places" (vol. ii. p. 159).--ED.]

[Footnote BD: See note A on preceding page.--ED.]

[Footnote BE: London.--ED.]

[Footnote BF: In Westminster Abbey.--ED.]

[Footnote BG: Compare the Psalter, civ. 32.--ED.]

[Footnote BH: Compare the Psalter, _passim_, _e.g._ xlvi., lxvi., cvi.,
and Shakespeare, _Henry V._ act IV. scene i.: "If these men have
defeated the law and outrun native punishment, though they can outstrip
men, they have no wings to fly from God: war is his beadle, war is his
vengeance."--ED.]

[Footnote 128: 1845.

    ... further ...                                             1816.
]

[Footnote 129: The last four lines were added in 1845, but another
version of the last two lines was written by Wordsworth in MS. on his
edition of 1837--

    And all the nations labouring to fulfil
    Thy law shall live henceforth in peace and brotherly goodwill.
]


INVOCATION TO THE EARTH[BI]

FEBRUARY, 1816

Composed 1816.--Published 1816

[Composed immediately after the _Thanksgiving Ode_, to which it may be
considered as a second part.--I. F.]

One of the "Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces."--ED.


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

Wordsworth, William

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

How virtue triumphs, from her bondage freed!                1816.
]

[Footnote 116: 1845.

    ... conquered ...                                           1816.
]

[Footnote 117: 1845.

    --Yet might it well become that City now,
    Into whose breast the tides of grandeur flow,               1816.
]

[Footnote 118: 1820.

    ... its ...                                                 1816.
]

[Footnote 119: 1837.

    Upon ...                                                    1819.
]

[Footnote 120: 1850.

    Bright be the distant fabric, ...                           1816.

    Bright be the peaceful Fabric, ...                          1845.
]

[Footnote 121: 1827.

    ... and time can trust.                                     1816.

    The next line was omitted in 1816.
]

[Footnote 122: 1845.

    ... and for our errors,                                     1816.
]

[Footnote 123: 1845.

    But thy most dreaded instrument,
    In working out a pure intent,
    Is Man--arrayed for mutual slaughter,--
    Yea, Carnage is thy daughter!                               1816.

    But thy most awful instrument                               1837.
]

[Footnote 124: 1837.

    And by thy just permission ...                              1816.
]

[Footnote 125: 1845.

    ... to Thee--
    With fervent thoughts, but in a gentler strain              1837.
]

[Footnote 126: The above six lines were added in 1837.]

[Footnote 127: 1845.

    ... to THEE--
    On this appointed Day shall thanks ascend,                  1816.

    ... Humanity,
    On this appointed day shall thanks ascend,                  1837.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote BC: Compare this description of the news of Waterloo spreading
over the nations with the effect of the lady's laugh in _To Joanna_. See
"Poems on the Naming of Places" (vol. ii. p. 159).--ED.]

[Footnote BD: See note A on preceding page.--ED.]

[Footnote BE: London.--ED.]

[Footnote BF: In Westminster Abbey.--ED.]

[Footnote BG: Compare the Psalter, civ. 32.--ED.]

[Footnote BH: Compare the Psalter, _passim_, _e.g._ xlvi., lxvi., cvi.,
and Shakespeare, _Henry V._ act IV. scene i.: "If these men have
defeated the law and outrun native punishment, though they can outstrip
men, they have no wings to fly from God: war is his beadle, war is his
vengeance."--ED.]

[Footnote 128: 1845.

    ... further ...                                             1816.
]

[Footnote 129: The last four lines were added in 1845, but another
version of the last two lines was written by Wordsworth in MS. on his
edition of 1837--

    And all the nations labouring to fulfil
    Thy law shall live henceforth in peace and brotherly goodwill.
]


INVOCATION TO THE EARTH[BI]

FEBRUARY, 1816

Composed 1816.--Published 1816

[Composed immediately after the _Thanksgiving Ode_, to which it may be
considered as a second part.--I. F.]

One of the "Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces."--ED.


    I

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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