A Selection from the Works of William WordsworthEdward Mosean & Company, 1865 - 279 pages |
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... standing on the frontiers of such a foreign land , and so was Wordsworth fascinated , so haunted . " The Derwent , " fairest of all rivers , " running near Cockermouth , seems to connect the little town with the chief of the Cumbrian ...
... standing on the frontiers of such a foreign land , and so was Wordsworth fascinated , so haunted . " The Derwent , " fairest of all rivers , " running near Cockermouth , seems to connect the little town with the chief of the Cumbrian ...
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... And recognised it , though an altered form , Now standing forth an offering to the blast , And buffeted at will by rain and storm . I stopped , and said with inly - muttered voice 18 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF THE SMALL CELANDINE.
... And recognised it , though an altered form , Now standing forth an offering to the blast , And buffeted at will by rain and storm . I stopped , and said with inly - muttered voice 18 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF THE SMALL CELANDINE.
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... stand a monument of thee . We grieved for thee , and wished thy end were past ; And willingly have laid thee here at last : For thou hadst lived till every thing that cheers In thee had yielded to the weight of years ; Extreme old age ...
... stand a monument of thee . We grieved for thee , and wished thy end were past ; And willingly have laid thee here at last : For thou hadst lived till every thing that cheers In thee had yielded to the weight of years ; Extreme old age ...
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... standing on this pleasant lea , Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn . XXV NOT Love , not War , nor the tumultuous 28 A SELECTION FROM THE ...
... standing on this pleasant lea , Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn . XXV NOT Love , not War , nor the tumultuous 28 A SELECTION FROM THE ...
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... stands beside our door . There is a blessing in the air , Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains bare , And grass in the green field . My sister ! ( ' tis a wish of mine 30 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF TO ...
... stands beside our door . There is a blessing in the air , Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains bare , And grass in the green field . My sister ! ( ' tis a wish of mine 30 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF TO ...
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