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On the Detraction which followed the Publication of a certain Poem
Grief, thou hast lost an ever ready friend
To S. H.
Composed in one of the Valleys of Westmoreland, on Easter Sunday
Composed on the eve of the Marriage of a Friend in the Vale of Grasmere, 1812.
From the Italian of Michael Angelo.
From the Same .
From the Same. To the Supreme Being
Surprised by joy-impatient as the Wind
Methought I saw the footsteps of a throne
Even so for me a Vision sanctified
It is a beauteous Evening, calm and free
Where lies the Land to which yon Ship must go!
With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh .
The world is too much with us; late and soon
A volant Tribe of Bards on earth are found
Weak is the will of Man, his judgment blind
To the Memory of Raisley Calvert
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Recollection of the Portrait of King Henry Eighth, Trinity Lodge, Cambridge
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Roman Antiquities discovered at Bishopstone, Herefordshire
Chatsworth thy stately mansion, and the pride
A Tradition of Oken Hill in Darley Dale, Derbyshire
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A Grave-stone upon the Floor in the Cloisters of Worcester Cathedral
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Filial Piety
The most alluring clouds that mount the sky
On a Portrait of the Duke of Wellington upon the Field of Waterloo, by Haydon
Lo! where she stands fixed in a saint-like trance
To a Painter.
On the same Subject.
Hark! 'tis the Thrush, undaunted, undeprest
To B. R. Haydon, on seeing his Picture of Napoleon Buonaparte on the Island of St. Helena
A POET!-He hath put his heart to school
Composed on a May Morning, 1838
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"Tis He whose yester-evening's high disdain
Oh what a Wreck! how changed in mien and speech!.
Intent on gathering wool from hedge and brake.
A Plea for Authors, May, 1838
Valedictory Sonnet
To the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D.D., Master of Harrow School.
MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1803.
Departure from the Vale of Grasmere, August, 1803.
At the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven Years after his Death.
Thoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of Nith, near the Poet's Residence
Composed at Cora Linn, in sight of Wallace's Tower
Effusion, in the Pleasure-ground on the banks of the Bran, near Dunkeld
Yarrow Visited, September, 1814
POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY.
PART I.
Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802
It is a reed that 's shaken by the wind,
I grieved for Buonaparté, with a vain
Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802.
Festivals have I seen that were not names :
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
The King of Sweden
To Toussaint L'Ouverture.
We had a female Passenger who came
Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the day of landing
Inland, within a hollow vale, I stood;
Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland
Written in London, September, 1802
Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
Great men have been among us; hands that penned
It is not to be thought of that the Flood..
When I have borne in memory what has tamed
One might believe that natural miseries
There is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear
These times strike monied worldlings with dismay:
England! the time is come when thou should'st wean
When, looking on the present state of things,
To the Men of Kent. October, 1803
What if our numbers barely could defy
Lines on the expected Invasion. 1803.
Anticipation. October, 1803 .
Another year!-another deadly blow!
Ode. Who rises on the banks of Seine,
PART II.
On a celebrated Event in Ancient History.
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Upon the same Event
To Thomas Clarkson, on the Final Passing of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
A Prophecy. February, 1807
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Composed by the Side of Grasmere Lake
Go back to antique ages, if thine eyes
Composed while the Author was engaged in Writing a Tract, occasioned by the Convention of
Ode 1814.-When the soft hand of sleep had closed the latch
Feelings of a French Royalist, on the Disinterment of the Remains of the Duke d'Enghien
Occasioned by the Battle of Waterloo
Siege of Vienna raised by John Sobieski
Emperors and Kings, how oft have temples rung
Ode 1815.-Imagination-ne'er before content
Ode. The Morning of the Day appointed for a General Thanksgiving. 1816
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MEMORIALS OF A TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, 1820.
Hymn, for the Boatmen, as they approach the Rapids under the Castle of Heidelberg
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On hearing the "Ranz des Vaches" on the Top of the Pass of St. Gothard
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