ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS[1] IN SERIES

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PART I FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION

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I INTRODUCTION

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II CONJECTURES

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III TREPIDATION OF THE DRUIDS

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IV DRUIDICAL EXCOMMUNICATION

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V UNCERTAINTY

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VI PERSECUTION

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VII RECOVERY

VIII TEMPTATIONS FROM ROMAN REFINEMENTS

IX DISSENSIONS

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X STRUGGLE OF THE BRITONS AGAINST THE BARBARIANS

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XI SAXON CONQUEST

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XII MONASTERY OF OLD BANGOR[39]

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XIII CASUAL INCITEMENT

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XIV GLAD TIDINGS

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XV PAULINUS

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XVI PERSUASION

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XVII CONVERSION[53]

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XVIII APOLOGY

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XIX PRIMITIVE SAXON CLERGY[57]

XX OTHER INFLUENCES

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XXI[60] SECLUSION

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XXII CONTINUED

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XXIII REPROOF

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XXIV SAXON MONASTERIES, AND LIGHTS AND SHADES OF THE RELIGION

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XXV MISSIONS AND TRAVELS

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XXVI ALFRED

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XXVII HIS DESCENDANTS

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XXVIII INFLUENCE ABUSED

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XXIX DANISH CONQUESTS

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XXX CANUTE

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XXXI THE NORMAN CONQUEST

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XXXII "COLDLY WE SPAKE. THE SAXONS, OVERPOWERED"

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XXXIII THE COUNCIL OF CLERMONT

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XXXIV CRUSADES

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XXXV RICHARD I

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XXXVI AN INTERDICT[107]

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XXXVII PAPAL ABUSES

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XXXVIII SCENE IN VENICE

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XXXIX PAPAL DOMINION

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PART II TO THE CLOSE OF THE TROUBLES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I.

I "HOW SOON—ALAS! DID MAN, CREATED PURE"

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II "FROM FALSE ASSUMPTION ROSE, AND FONDLY HAIL'D"

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III CISTERTIAN MONASTERY[120]

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IV[124] "DEPLORABLE HIS LOT WHO TILLS THE GROUND"

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V MONKS AND SCHOOLMEN

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VI OTHER BENEFITS

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VII CONTINUED

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VIII CRUSADERS

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IX "AS FAITH THUS SANCTIFIED THE WARRIOR'S CREST"

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X "WHERE LONG AND DEEPLY HATH BEEN FIXED THE ROOT"

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XI TRANSUBSTANTIATION

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XII THE VAUDOIS

XIII "PRAISED BE THE RIVERS, FROM THEIR MOUNTAIN SPRINGS"

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XIV WALDENSES[147]

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XV ARCHBISHOP CHICHELY TO HENRY V.

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XVI WARS OF YORK AND LANCASTER

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XVII WICLIFFE

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XVIII CORRUPTIONS OF THE HIGHER CLERGY

XIX ABUSE OF MONASTIC POWER

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XX MONASTIC VOLUPTUOUSNESS

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XXI DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES

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XXII THE SAME SUBJECT

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XXIII CONTINUED

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XXIV SAINTS

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XXV THE VIRGIN[175]

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XXVI APOLOGY

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XXVII IMAGINATIVE REGRETS

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XXVIII REFLECTIONS

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XXIX TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE

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XXX THE POINT AT ISSUE

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XXXI EDWARD VI

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XXXII EDWARD SIGNING THE WARRANT FOR THE EXECUTION OF JOAN OF KENT

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XXXIII REVIVAL OF POPERY

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XXXIV LATIMER AND RIDLEY

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XXXV CRANMER[204]

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XXXVI GENERAL VIEW OF THE TROUBLES OF THE REFORMATION

XXXVII ENGLISH REFORMERS IN EXILE[210]

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XXXVIII ELIZABETH

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XXXIX EMINENT REFORMERS

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XL THE SAME

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XLI DISTRACTIONS

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XLII GUNPOWDER PLOT[227]

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XLIII ILLUSTRATION

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XLIV TROUBLES OF CHARLES THE FIRST

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XLV LAUD[233]

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XLVI AFFLICTIONS OF ENGLAND

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PART III FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE PRESENT TIMES

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I "I SAW THE FIGURE OF A LOVELY MAID"

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II PATRIOTIC SYMPATHIES

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III CHARLES THE SECOND

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IV LATITUDINARIANISM

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V WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES[258]

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VI CLERICAL INTEGRITY

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VII PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS

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VIII ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS[265]

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IX WILLIAM THE THIRD

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X OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

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XI SACHEVEREL[274]

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XII[276] "DOWN A SWIFT STREAM, THUS FAR, A BOLD DESIGN"

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XIII ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA[279] I. The Pilgrim Fathers[280]

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XIV II. Continued

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XV III. Concluded.—American Episcopacy

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XVI "BISHOPS AND PRIESTS, BLESSÈD ARE YE, IF DEEP"

XVII PLACES OF WORSHIP

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XVIII PASTORAL CHARACTER

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XIX THE LITURGY

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XX BAPTISM

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XXI SPONSORS

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XXII CATECHISING

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XXIII CONFIRMATION

XXIV CONFIRMATION CONTINUED

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XXV SACRAMENT

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XXVI THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY[306]

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XXVII THANKSGIVING AFTER CHILDBIRTH

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XXVIII VISITATION OF THE SICK

XXIX THE COMMINATION SERVICE

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XXX FORMS OF PRAYER AT SEA

XXXI FUNERAL SERVICE

XXXII RURAL CEREMONY[310]

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XXXIII REGRETS

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XXXIV MUTABILITY

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XXXV OLD ABBEYS

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XXXVI EMIGRANT FRENCH CLERGY

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XXXVII CONGRATULATION

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XXXVIII NEW CHURCHES

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XXXIX CHURCH TO BE ERECTED[326]

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XL CONTINUED

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XLI NEW CHURCH-YARD

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XLII CATHEDRALS, ETC.

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XLIII INSIDE OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE

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XLIV THE SAME

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XLV CONTINUED

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XLVI EJACULATION

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XLVII CONCLUSION

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TO THE LADY FLEMING,[340] On seeing the Foundation preparing for the Erection of Rydal Chapel,[341] Westmoreland

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ON THE SAME OCCASION

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MEMORY

"NOT LOVE, NOT WAR, NOR THE TUMULTUOUS SWELL"

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"A VOLANT TRIBE OF BARDS ON EARTH ARE FOUND"

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TO ——

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TO ——

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"HOW RICH THAT FOREHEAD'S CALM EXPANSE!"

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TO ——

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A FLOWER GARDEN, At Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire[389]

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TO THE LADY E. B. AND THE HON. MISS P.

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TO THE TORRENT AT THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE,[398] NORTH WALES, 1824

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COMPOSED AMONG THE RUINS OF A CASTLE IN NORTH WALES

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ELEGIAC STANZAS

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CENOTAPH

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THE PILLAR OF TRAJAN

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THE CONTRAST The Parrot and the Wren[417]

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TO A SKY-LARK

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"ERE WITH COLD BEADS OF MIDNIGHT DEW"

ODE Composed on May Morning

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TO MAY[425]

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"ONCE I COULD HAIL (HOWE'ER SERENE THE SKY)"

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"THE MASSY WAYS, CARRIED ACROSS THESE HEIGHTS"

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FAREWELL LINES[435]

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ON SEEING A NEEDLECASE IN THE FORM OF A HARP

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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS

DEDICATION

TO ——[444]

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"HER ONLY PILOT THE SOFT BREEZE, THE BOAT"

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"WHY, MINSTREL, THESE UNTUNEFUL MURMURINGS"

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TO S. H.[452]

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DECAY OF PIETY

"SCORN NOT THE SONNET; CRITIC, YOU HAVE FROWNED"

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"FAIR PRIME OF LIFE! WERE IT ENOUGH TO GILD"

RETIREMENT

"THERE IS A PLEASURE IN POETIC PAINS"

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RECOLLECTION OF THE PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY EIGHTH, TRINITY LODGE, CAMBRIDGE[472]

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"WHEN PHILOCTETES IN THE LEMNIAN ISLE"

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"WHILE ANNA'S PEERS AND EARLY PLAYMATES TREAD"

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TO THE CUCKOO

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THE INFANT M—— M——

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TO ROTHA Q——

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TO ——, IN HER SEVENTIETH YEAR[491]

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"IN MY MIND'S EYE A TEMPLE, LIKE A CLOUD"

"GO BACK TO ANTIQUE AGES, IF THINE EYES"

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"IF THOU INDEED DERIVE THY LIGHT FROM HEAVEN"

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IN THE WOODS OF RYDAL[500]

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CONCLUSION TO ——[507]

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A MORNING EXERCISE

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THE TRIAD[517]

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THE WISHING-GATE

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THE WISHING-GATE DESTROYED

A JEWISH FAMILY

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INCIDENT AT BRUGÈS

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A GRAVE-STONE UPON THE FLOOR IN THE CLOISTERS OF WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

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THE GLEANER

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ON[571] THE POWER OF SOUND

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GOLD AND SILVER FISHES IN A VASE

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LIBERTY (SEQUEL TO THE ABOVE)[600]

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HUMANITY[618]

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"THIS LAWN, A CARPET ALL ALIVE"

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THOUGHTS[640] ON THE SEASONS

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A TRADITION OF OKER HILL IN DARLEY DALE, DERBYSHIRE[642]

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FILIAL PIETY

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THE ARMENIAN LADY'S LOVE

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THE RUSSIAN FUGITIVE[650]

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THE EGYPTIAN MAID or, the Romance of the Water Lily

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THE POET AND THE CAGED TURTLEDOVE[672]

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PRESENTIMENTS

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"IN THESE FAIR VALES HATH MANY A TREE"

ELEGIAC MUSINGS

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"CHATSWORTH! THY STATELY MANSION, AND THE PRIDE"

THE PRIMROSE OF THE ROCK

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TO B. R. HAYDON, ON SEEING HIS PICTURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA

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YARROW REVISITED, AND OTHER POEMS

I "THE GALLANT YOUTH, WHO MAY HAVE GAINED"

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II ON THE DEPARTURE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM ABBOTSFORD, FOR NAPLES

III A PLACE OF BURIAL IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND

IV ON THE SIGHT OF A MANSE IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND

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V COMPOSED IN ROSLIN CHAPEL, DURING A STORM

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VI THE TROSACHS

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VII "THE PIBROCH'S NOTE, DISCOUNTENANCED OR MUTE"

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VIII COMPOSED AFTER READING A NEWSPAPER OF THE DAY[702]

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IX COMPOSED IN THE GLEN OF LOCH ETIVE

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X EAGLES

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XI IN THE SOUND OF MULL

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XII SUGGESTED AT TYNDRUM IN A STORM[710]

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XIII THE EARL OF BREADALBANE'S RUINED MANSION, AND FAMILY BURIAL-PLACE, NEAR KILLIN

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XIV "REST AND BE THANKFUL!"

XV HIGHLAND HUT

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XVI THE BROWNIE

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XVII TO THE PLANET VENUS, AN EVENING STAR

XVIII BOTHWELL CASTLE

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XIX PICTURE OF DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN, AT HAMILTON PALACE

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XX THE AVON

XXI SUGGESTED BY A VIEW FROM AN EMINENCE IN INGLEWOOD FOREST

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XXII HART'S-HORN TREE, NEAR PENRITH[725]

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XXIII FANCY AND TRADITION

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XXIV COUNTESS' PILLAR[734]

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XXV ROMAN ANTIQUITIES

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XXVI APOLOGY[736] FOR THE FOREGOING POEMS

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XXVII THE HIGHLAND BROACH

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DEVOTIONAL INCITEMENTS

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"CALM IS THE FRAGRANT AIR, AND LOTH TO LOSE"

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TO THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT

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RURAL ILLUSIONS

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LOVING AND LIKING

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UPON THE LATE GENERAL FAST[763]

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A WREN'S NEST

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TO —— UPON THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST-BORN CHILD, MARCH, 1833

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THE WARNING A SEQUEL TO THE FOREGOING

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"IF THIS GREAT WORLD OF JOY AND PAIN"

ON A HIGH PART OF THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND[785]

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(BY THE SEA-SIDE)

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COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SHORE

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POEMS,[791] COMPOSED OR SUGGESTED DURING A TOUR, IN THE SUMMER OF 1833

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I ADIEU, RYDALIAN LAURELS! THAT HAVE GROWN

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II "WHY SHOULD THE ENTHUSIAST, JOURNEYING THROUGH THIS ISLE"

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III "THEY CALLED THEE MERRY ENGLAND, IN OLD TIME"

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IV TO THE RIVER GRETA, NEAR KESWICK

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V TO THE RIVER DERWENT[800]

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VI IN SIGHT OF THE TOWN OF COCKERMOUTH

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VII ADDRESS FROM THE SPIRIT OF COCKERMOUTH CASTLE

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VIII NUN'S WELL, BRIGHAM

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IX TO A FRIEND[809]

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X MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

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XI STANZAS SUGGESTED IN A STEAM-BOAT OFF SAINT BEES' HEADS, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND[818]

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XII IN THE CHANNEL, BETWEEN THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN

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XIII AT SEA OFF THE ISLE OF MAN

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XIV "DESIRE WE PAST ILLUSIONS TO RECAL"

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XV ON ENTERING DOUGLAS BAY, ISLE OF MAN

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XVI BY THE SEA-SHORE, ISLE OF MAN

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XVII ISLE OF MAN

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XVIII ISLE OF MAN[857]

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XIX BY A RETIRED MARINER[864]

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XX AT BALA-SALA, ISLE OF MAN

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XXI TYNWALD HILL

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XXII "DESPOND WHO WILL—I HEARD A VOICE EXCLAIM"

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XXIII IN THE FRITH OF CLYDE, AILSA CRAG[881] DURING AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, JULY 17

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XXIV ON THE FRITH OF CLYDE

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XXV ON REVISITING DUNOLLY CASTLE

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XXVI THE DUNOLLY EAGLE

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XXVII WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF MACPHERSON'S OSSIAN[892]

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XXVIII CAVE OF STAFFA[900]

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XXIX CAVE OF STAFFA (AFTER THE CROWD HAD DEPARTED)[903]

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XXX CAVE OF STAFFA

XXXI FLOWERS ON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE

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XXXII IONA

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XXXIII IONA (UPON LANDING)

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XXXIV THE BLACK STONES OF IONA

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XXXV "HOMEWARD WE TURN. ISLE OF COLUMBA'S CELL"

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XXXVI GREENOCK

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XXXVII "THERE!" SAID A STRIPLING, POINTING WITH MEET PRIDE

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XXXVIII THE RIVER EDEN, CUMBERLAND

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XXXIX MONUMENT OF MRS. HOWARD (by Nollekens) IN WETHERAL CHURCH, NEAR COREY, ON THE BANKS OF THE EDEN

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XL SUGGESTED BY THE FOREGOING[942]

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XLI NUNNERY[946]

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XLII STEAMBOATS, VIADUCTS, AND RAILWAYS

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XLIII THE MONUMENT COMMONLY CALLED LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, NEAR THE RIVER EDEN[956]

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XLIV LOWTHER[961]

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XLV TO THE EARL OF LONSDALE

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XLVI THE SOMNAMBULIST[969]

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XLVII TO CORDELIA M——[987]

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XLVIII "MOST SWEET IT IS WITH UNUPLIFTED EYES"[990]

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"NOT IN THE LUCID INTERVALS OF LIFE"

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"SOFT AS A CLOUD IS YON BLUE RIDGE—THE MERE"

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"THE LEAVES THAT RUSTLED ON THIS OAK-CROWNED HILL"

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THE LABOURER'S NOON-DAY HYMN

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THE REDBREAST

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