The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 8 (of 8)Wordsworth, William
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 8 (of 8)
Wordsworth, William
English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century
I. Suggested by the View of Lancaster Castle (on the
Road from the South) 103
II. “Tenderly do we feel by Nature’s law” 104
III. “The Roman Consul doomed his sons to die” 105
IV. “Is _Death_, when evil against good has fought” 106
V. “Not to the object specially designed” 106
VI. “Ye brood of conscience--Spectres! that frequent” 107
VII. “Before the world had past her time of youth” 107
VIII. “Fit retribution, by the moral code” 108
IX. “Though to give timely warning and deter” 109
X. “Our bodily life, some plead, that life the shrine” 109
XI. “Ah, think how one compelled for life to abide” 110
XII. “See the Condemned alone within his cell” 110
XIII. Conclusion 111
XIV. Apology 112
“Men of the Western World! in Fate’s dark book” 112
1840
To a Painter 114
On the same Subject 115
Poor Robin 116
On a Portrait of the Duke of Wellington upon the Field
of Waterloo, by Haydon 118
1841
Epitaph in the Chapel-Yard of Langdale, Westmoreland 120
1842
“Intent on gathering wool from hedge and brake” 122
Prelude, prefixed to the Volume entitled “Poems chiefly
of Early and Late Years” 123
Floating Island 125
“The Crescent-moon, the Star of Love” 127
“_A Poet!_--He hath put his heart to school” 127
“The most alluring clouds that mount the sky” 128
“Feel for the wrongs to universal ken” 129
In Allusion to various Recent Histories and Notices of
the French Revolution 130
Continued 131
Concluded 131
“Lo! where she stands fixed in a saint-like trance” 132
The Norman Boy 132
The Poet’s Dream 135
Suggested by a Picture of the Bird of Paradise 140
To the Clouds 142
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