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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... Peace Come , Peace of Mind , delightful guest , Return and make thy downy nest Once more in this sad heart ! Nor riches I , nor power pursue , Nor hold forbidden joys in view ; We therefore need not part . Where wilt thou dwell if not ...
... Peace Come , Peace of Mind , delightful guest , Return and make thy downy nest Once more in this sad heart ! Nor riches I , nor power pursue , Nor hold forbidden joys in view ; We therefore need not part . Where wilt thou dwell if not ...
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... peace - conceiving war . 100 105 110 This concord , Madam , of a well - tuned mind Hath been so set by that all - working Hand Of Heaven , that though the world hath done his worst 115 To put it out by discords most unkind ; Yet doth it ...
... peace - conceiving war . 100 105 110 This concord , Madam , of a well - tuned mind Hath been so set by that all - working Hand Of Heaven , that though the world hath done his worst 115 To put it out by discords most unkind ; Yet doth it ...
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... peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd , And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud 5 Hast rear'd God's trophies , and his work pursued , While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbrued , And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud ...
... peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd , And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud 5 Hast rear'd God's trophies , and his work pursued , While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbrued , And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Elizabeth Carter Ode to Spring 1756 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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