THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH VOL. VII [Illustration: William Wordsworth after B. R. Haydon] THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EDITED BY WILLIAM KNIGHT VOL. VII [Illustration: _Dove Cottage Grasmere_] London MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NEW YORK: MACMILLAN & CO. 1896 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS 1821-2 PAGE Ecclesiastical Sonnets. In Series-- Part I.--From the Introduction of Christianity into Britain, to the Consummation of the Papal Dominion-- I. Introduction 4 II. Conjectures 5 III. Trepidation of the Druids 6 IV. Druidical Excommunication 7 V. Uncertainty 7 VI. Persecution 8 VII. Recovery 9 VIII. Temptations from Roman Refinements 10 IX. Dissensions 10 X. Struggle of the Britons against the Barbarians 11 XI. Saxon Conquest 12 XII. Monastery of Old Bangor 13 XIII. Casual Incitement 14 XIV. Glad Tidings 15 XV. Paulinus 15 XVI. Persuasion 16 XVII. Conversion 17 XVIII. Apology 18 XIX. Primitive Saxon Clergy 19 XX. Other Influences 19 XXI. Seclusion 20 XXII. Continued 21 XXIII. Reproof 21 XXIV. Saxon Monasteries, and Lights and Shades of the Religion 22 XXV. Missions and Travels 23