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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 (of 8)

William Wordsworth

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 592 pages

The first of eight volumes of William Wordsworth's collected poetry, edited by William Knight in 1896. It gathers early poems and lyrical pieces on nature, memory, and rural life, including 'We are Seven' and 'Lines written in Early Spring'. Worth listening for its gentle reflections and plain language.

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Opening of the book

original title-page
Wordsworth's
Poetical Works
volume 1
edited by
William Knight
1896
Table of Contents
• Preface
• Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in

Anticipation of leaving School

• Written in very Early Youth

• An Evening Walk

• Lines written while Sailing in a Boat at Evening

• Remembrance of Collins

• Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among the

Alps

• Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain

• Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate part of the shore, commanding a beautiful prospect

• The Borderers

• The Reverie of Poor Susan

• 1798: A Night Piece

• We are Seven

• Anecdote for Fathers

• "A whirl-blast from behind the hill"

• The Thorn

• Goody Blake and Harry Gill

• Her Eyes are Wild

• Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman

• Lines written in Early Spring

• To my Sister

• Expostulation and Reply

• The Tables Turned

• The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman

• The Last of the Flock

• The Idiot Boy

• The Old Cumberland Beggar

• Animal Tranquillity and Decay

• Appendix I

• Appendix II

• Appendix III

• Appendix IV

• Appendix V

• Appendix VI

• Appendix VII

• Appendix VIII

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Contents

  1. Wordsworth's Poetical Works
  2. Preface
  3. Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in Anticipation of leaving School
  4. An Evening Walk
  5. Lines written while Sailing in a Boat at Evening
  6. Remembrance of Collins
  7. Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among the Alps
  8. Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain
  9. Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree...
  10. The Borderers
  11. The Reverie of Poor Susan
  12. 1798: a Night Piece
  13. "A whirl-blast from behind the hill"
  14. The Thorn
  15. Goody Blake and Harry Gill
  16. Her Eyes are Wild
  17. Simon Lee, the Old Huntsman
  18. Lines written in Early Spring
  19. To my Sister
  20. Expostulation and Reply
  21. The Tables Turned
  22. The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman
  23. The Last of the Flock
  24. The Idiot Boy
  25. The Old Cumberland BeggarA
  26. Animal Tranquillity and Decay
  27. Appendix I
  28. Appendix III
  29. Appendix IV
  30. Appendix V

and 4 more chapters

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