THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

WITH A MEMOIR

SEVEN VOLUMES IN THREE

VOL. II.

、

NEW YORK

PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON

BOSTON: H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1878

The Riverside Press, Cambridge: Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company.

Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek
München

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

COMPRISING VOLS. III., IV., AND V.

VOL. III.

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.

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To the Sons of Burns, after visiting the Grave of their

Father

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Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere dale

The Blind Highland Boy.

MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1814.

The Brownie's Cell.

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.

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POEMS DEDICATED TO NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE

AND LIBERTY.

PART I.

Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802 .

Is it a reed that 's shaken by the wind

Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres,

August 7, 1802

I grieved for Buonaparté, with a vain

Festivals have I seen that were not names.

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On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic .

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The King of Sweden

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To Toussaint L'Ouverture

We had a female Passenger who came

Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of Land-

Inland, within a hollow vale, I stood.

Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland

Written in London, September, 1802

Milton! thou shouldst 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 moneyed worldlings with dismay

England! the time has come when thou shouldst wean

When, looking on the present face 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.

Un a Celebrated Event in Ancient History

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

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 Cintra

Composed at the same Time and on the same Occasion

Hoffer

Advance, cc.ne forth from thy Tyrolean ground

Feelings of the Tyrolese .

Alas! what boots the long, laborious quest

And is it among rude, untutored Dales .

O'er the wide earth, on mountain and on plain

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On the Final Submission of the Tyrolese

Hail, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye.

Say, what is Honor?'T is the finest sense
The martial courage of a day is vain

Call not the royal Swede unfortunate

Brave Schill! by death delivered, take thy flight

Look now on that Adventurer who hath paid

Is there a power that can sustain and cheer

Ah! where is Palafox? Nor tongue nor pen

In due observance of an ancient rite.

Feelings of a Noble Biscayan at one of those Funerals

The Oak of Guernica.

Indignation of a High-minded Spaniard

Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind

O'erweening Statesmen have full long relied.

The French and the Spanish Guerillas

The power of Armies is a visible thing.

Here pause: the poet claims at least this praise

The French Army in Russia

On the same Occasion