Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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... give a bliss o'ermatching thine , 215 A rustic Bard . To give my counsels all in one , Thy tuneful flame still careful fan ; Preserve the dignity of Man , With Soul erect ; 220 And trust , the UNIVERSAL PLAN Will all protect . And wear ...
... give a bliss o'ermatching thine , 215 A rustic Bard . To give my counsels all in one , Thy tuneful flame still careful fan ; Preserve the dignity of Man , With Soul erect ; 220 And trust , the UNIVERSAL PLAN Will all protect . And wear ...
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Duncan Wu. Petition for an Absolute Retreat Give me , O indulgent Fate ! Give me yet before I die A sweet but absolute Retreat , ' Mongst paths so lost and trees so high , That the world may ne'er invade , Through such windings and such ...
Duncan Wu. Petition for an Absolute Retreat Give me , O indulgent Fate ! Give me yet before I die A sweet but absolute Retreat , ' Mongst paths so lost and trees so high , That the world may ne'er invade , Through such windings and such ...
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... give him no more then to prevent that enterprize which he dislik'd . For indeed those who were deepely engag'd , rather waited to see the cavaliers in arms against him , and then thought it the best time to arme for their owne defence ...
... give him no more then to prevent that enterprize which he dislik'd . For indeed those who were deepely engag'd , rather waited to see the cavaliers in arms against him , and then thought it the best time to arme for their owne defence ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Elizabeth Carter Ode to Spring 1756 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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