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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VII by William Wordsworth
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VII Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
I, who accompanied with faithful pace[5]
Cerulean Duddon from its[6] cloud-fed spring,[7]
And loved with spirit ruled by his to sing
Of mountain-quiet and boon nature's grace;[8]
I, who essayed the nobler Stream to trace 5
Of Liberty,[9] and smote the plausive string
Till the checked torrent, proudly triumphing,
Won for herself a lasting resting-place;[10]
Now seek upon the heights of Time the source
Of a Holy River,[11]on whose banks are found 10
Sweet pastoral flowers, and laurels that have crowned
Full oft the unworthy brow of lawless force;
And,[12] for delight of him who tracks its course,[13]
Immortal amaranth and palms abound.
FOOTNOTES:
[5] 1827.
I, who descended with glad step to chase 1822.
[6] 1850.
... his ... 1822.
The text of 1857 (edited by Mr. Carter) returned to that of 1822.
[7] See "The River Duddon, a Series of Sonnets" (vol. vi. p. 225).-Ed.
[8] 1827.
And of my wild Companion dared to sing,
In verse that moved with strictly-measured pace; 1822.
[9] See the series of "Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty."-Ed.
[10] 1827.
... Torrent, fiercely combating,
In victory found her natural resting-place; 1822.
[11] Compare the last sonnet of this Series (Part III. XLVII., p. 108).-Ed.
[12] 1837.
Where, ... 1822.
[13] It may not be unworthy of note that in the first edition of this sonnet Wordsworth made the stream of the Duddon masculine, that of Liberty feminine, and that of the Church neuter.-Ed.
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VII
William Wordsworth
Literature
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 2 CONJECTURES
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Chapter 3 TREPIDATION OF THE DRUIDS
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Chapter 4 DRUIDICAL EXCOMMUNICATION
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Chapter 5 UNCERTAINTY
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Chapter 6 PERSECUTION
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Chapter 7 RECOVERY
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Chapter 8 TEMPTATIONS FROM ROMAN REFINEMENTS
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Chapter 9 DISSENSIONS
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Chapter 10 STRUGGLE OF THE BRITONS AGAINST THE BARBARIANS
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Chapter 11 SAXON CONQUEST
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Chapter 12 MONASTERY OF OLD BANGOR[39]
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Chapter 13 CASUAL INCITEMENT
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Chapter 14 GLAD TIDINGS
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Chapter 15 PAULINUS
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Chapter 16 PERSUASION
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Chapter 17 CONVERSION[53]
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Chapter 18 APOLOGY
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Chapter 19 PRIMITIVE SAXON CLERGY[57]
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Chapter 20 OTHER INFLUENCES
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Chapter 21 CONTINUED
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Chapter 22 REPROOF
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Chapter 23 SAXON MONASTERIES, AND LIGHTS AND SHADES OF THE RELIGION
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Chapter 24 MISSIONS AND TRAVELS
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Chapter 25 ALFRED
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Chapter 26 HIS DESCENDANTS
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Chapter 27 INFLUENCE ABUSED
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Chapter 28 DANISH CONQUESTS
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Chapter 29 CANUTE
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Chapter 30 THE NORMAN CONQUEST
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Chapter 31 COLDLY WE SPAKE. THE SAXONS, OVERPOWERED
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Chapter 32 THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT
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Chapter 33 CRUSADES
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Chapter 34 RICHARD I
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Chapter 35 AN INTERDICT[107]
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Chapter 36 PAPAL ABUSES
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Chapter 37 SCENE IN VENICE
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Chapter 38 HOW SOON-ALAS! DID MAN, CREATED PURE
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Chapter 39 FROM FALSE ASSUMPTION ROSE, AND FONDLY HAIL'D
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Chapter 40 CISTERTIAN MONASTERY[120]
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