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21st-CENTURY OXFORD AUTHORS
William Wordsworth
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STEPHEN GILL
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CONTENTS
ListofIllustrations xiii
ListofAbbreviations xiv
Introduction xv
Chronology xxxi
ANoteontheSelectionandItsOrdering xxxv
FROMLYRICALBALLADS(1798)
LinesleftuponaSeatinaYew-tree 3
TheFemaleVagrant 4
GoodyBlakeandHarryGill 11
LinesWrittenataSmallDistancefrommyHouse 15
SimonLee,theOldHuntsman 16
AnecdoteforFathers 19
WeAreSeven 21
LinesWritteninEarlySpring 23
TheThorn 24
TheLastoftheFlock 30
TheIdiotBoy 33
ExpostulationandReply 46
TheTablesTurned 47
OldManTravelling 48
LinesWrittenaFewMilesaboveTinternAbbey 49
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FROMLYRICALBALLADS(1800)
PrefacetoLyricalBallads(1800and1802) 57
AppendixtothePrefacetoLyricalBallads(1800and1802) 78
Hart-LeapWell 83
TheBrothers 88
‘StrangefitsofpassionIhaveknown’ 102
Song 103
‘Aslumberdidmyspiritseal’ 103
TheOakandtheBroom 104
LucyGray 107
TheIdleShepherd-Boys 109
PoorSusan 112
LineswrittenonaTabletinaSchool 113
TheTwoAprilMornings 114
TheFountain 115
Nutting 118
‘Threeyearsshegrewinsunandshower’ 119
TheOldCumberlandBeggar 120
APoet’sEpitaph 125
PoemsontheNamingofPlaces 127
Michael 134
OTHERPOEMS1798–1800
TheRuinedCottage[MSB] 149
ANightPiece 162
TheTwo-PartPrelude 164
HomeatGrasmere 188
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FROMPOEMS,INTWOVOLUMES(1807)
TotheDaisy(‘Inyouth’) 217
‘ShewasaPhantomofdelight’ 219
TheSailor’sMother 220
CharacteroftheHappyWarrior 221
ToH.C.,SixYearsOld 223
‘AmongalllovelythingsmyLovehadbeen’ 224
‘ItravelledamongunknownMen’ 224
OdetoDuty 225
Beggars 227
ToaSky-Lark 228
AliceFell 229
ResolutionandIndependence 230
‘NunsfretnotattheirConvent’snarrowroom’ 235
‘WhereliestheLandtowhichyonShipmustgo?’ 235
‘WithShipstheseawassprinkledfarandnigh’ 236
ComposedUponWestminsterBridge 236
‘‘‘BelovedVale!’’Isaid,‘‘whenIshallcon’’’ 237
‘Theworldistoomuchwithus’ 237
‘ItisabeauteousEvening,calmandfree’ 238
ComposedbytheSea-Side,nearCalais 238
Calais,August,1802 239
ToaFriend,ComposednearCalais 239
‘IgrievedforBuonaparte’ 240
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Calais,August15th,1802 240
OntheExtinctionoftheVenetianRepublic 241
ToToussaintL’Ouverture 241
September1st,1802 242
ComposedintheValley,nearDover 242
September,1802 243
ThoughtofaBritonontheSubjugationofSwitzerland 243
WritteninLondon,September,1802 244
London,1802 244
‘GreatMenhavebeenamongus’ 245
‘ItisnottobethoughtofthattheFlood’ 245
‘WhenIhaveborneinmemorywhathastamed’ 246
October,1803(‘Onemightbelieve’) 246
October,1803(‘Thesetimestouch’) 247
‘England!thetimeiscomewhenthoushouldstwean’ 247
October,1803(‘When,lookingonthepresentface’) 248
TotheMenofKent 248
October,1803(‘SixthousandVeterans’) 249
Anticipation,October,1803 249
RobRoy’sGrave 250
TheSolitaryReaper 253
SteppingWestward 254
Glen-Almain 255
TheMatronofJedboroughandHerHusband 256
ToaHighlandGirl 259
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AddresstotheSonsofBurns 261
YarrowUnvisited 262
ToaButterfly(‘Staynearme’) 264
‘MyheartleapsupwhenIbehold’ 264
WritteninMarch 265
‘IwanderedlonelyasaCloud’ 265
TheSparrow’sNest 266
Gipsies 266
TotheCuckoo 267
ToaButterfly(‘I’vewatchedyou’) 268
TheGreenLinnet 269
‘BytheirfloatingMill’ 270
StarGazers 271
PowerofMusic 272
TotheDaisy(‘Withlittlehere’) 273
TotheSameFlower(‘BrightFlower’) 275
AComplaint 275
‘IamnotOnewhomuchoroftdelight’ 276
‘Yes!fullsurely’twastheEcho’ 277
Lines.ComposedatGrasmere... 278
ElegiacStanzas 279
Ode(‘Therewasatime’) 281
OTHERPOEMS1800–1808
‘WhenfirstIjourneyedhither’ 289
‘Farewell,thoulittleNookofmountainground’ 292
EjaculationattheGraveofBurns 293
