In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.
Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty . . .
-- Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
Daugiau informacijos
This new selection of William Wordsworth's poetry is part of a series of collections from six great nature poets.
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Animal Tranquillity and Decay |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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Fragments from the Alfoxden Notebook (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (16) |
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23 | (2) |
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Goody Blake and Harry Gill |
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25 | (4) |
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Lines Written in Early Spring |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (2) |
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Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ... |
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34 | (5) |
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39 | (1) |
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A slumber did my spirit seal |
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40 | (1) |
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She dwelt among the untrodden ways |
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41 | (1) |
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Strange fits of passion have I known |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (1) |
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Three years she grew in sun and shower |
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49 | (2) |
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A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (14) |
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68 | (28) |
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96 | (2) |
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My heart leaps up when I behold |
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98 | (1) |
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood |
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99 | (7) |
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Resolution and Independence |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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The world is too much with us; late and soon |
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114 | (1) |
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With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh |
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115 | (1) |
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 |
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116 | (1) |
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Composed near Calais, on the Road Leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802 |
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117 | (1) |
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It is a beauteous evening, calm and free |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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Written in London, September, 1802 |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (3) |
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125 | (1) |
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I wandered lonely as a cloud |
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126 | (1) |
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French Revolution As It Appeared to Enthusiasts at Its Commencement |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm, Painted by Sir George Beaumont |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland |
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134 | (1) |
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Though narrow be that old Man's cares, and near |
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135 | (1) |
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Surprised by joy -- impatient as the Wind |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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From The River Duddon XXXIV After-Thought |
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138 | (1) |
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Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg |
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. In 1798 he published the Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge, settling shortly after in Dove Cottage, Grasmere with his sister, Dorothy. He died at Rydal Mount in 1850, shortly before the posthumous publication of that landmark of English Romanticism, The Prelude.
