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- Close sectionPoems Dedicated to National Independence and Liberty
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- I Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802
- II Calais, August, 1802
- III Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802
- IV 1801
- V Calais, August 15, 1802
- VI On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
- VII The King of Weden
- VIII To Toussaint l'Ouverture
- IX September 1, 1802
- X Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of Landing
- XI September, 1802. Near Dover
- XII Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland
- XIII Written in London, September, 1802
- XIV London, 1802
- XV Great men have been among us; hands that penned
- XVI It is not to be thought of that the Flood
- XVII When I have borne in memory what has tamed
- XVIII October, 1803
- XIX There is bondage worse, far worse, to bear
- XX October, 1803
- XXI England! The time is come when thou should'st wean
- XXII October, 1803
- XXIII To the Men of Kent. October, 1803
- XXIV What if our numbers barely could defy
- XXV Lines on the Expected Invasion 1803
- XXVI Anticipation. October, 1803
- XXVII November, 1806
- XXVIII Ode
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- I On a Celebrated Event in Ancient History
- II Upon the same Event
- III To Thomas Clarkson, on the final Passing of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. March, 1807
- IV A Prophecy. February, 1807
- V Composed by the Side of Grasmere Lake
- VI Go back to antique ages, if thine eyes
- VII Composed while the Author was engaged in writing a Tract occasioned by the Convention of Cintra
- VIII Composed at the same Time and on the same Occasion
- IX Hofer
- X Advance––come forth from thy Tyrolean ground
- XI Feelings of the Tyrolese
- XII Alas! what boots the long laborious quest
- XIII And is it among rude untutored Dales
- XIV O'er the wide earth, on mountain and on plain
- XV On the Final Submission of the Tyrolese
- XVI Hail, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye
- XVII Say, what is Honour?––'Tis the finest sense
- XVIII The martial courage of a day is vain
- XIX Brave Schill! by death delivered, take thy flight
- XX Call not the royal Swede unfortunate
- XXI Look now on that Adventurer who hath paid
- XXII Is there a power that can sustain and cheer
- XXIII 1810
- XXIV In due observance of an ancient rite
- XXV Feelings of a noble Biscayan at one of those Funerals. 1810
- XXVI The Oak of Guernica. Supposed Address to the same. 1810
- XXVII Indignation of a High-minded Spaniard. 1810
- XXVIII Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind
- XXIX 1810
- XXX The French and the Spanish Guerillas
- XXXI Spanish Guerillas. 1811
- XXXII 1811
- XXXIII 1811
- XXXIV The French Army in Russia. 1812–13
- XXXV On the same Occasion
- XXXVI By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze
- XXXVII The Germans on the Heights of Hochheim
- XXXVIII November, 1813
- XXXIX Ode. 1814
- XL Feelings of a French Royalist, on the Disinterment of the Remains of the Duke d'Enghien
- XLI Occasioned by the Battle of Waterloo, February, 1816
- XLII Siege of Vienna raised by John Sobieski, February, 1816
- XLIII Occasioned by the Battle of Waterloo
- XLIV Emperors and Kings, how oft have temples rung
- XLV Ode. 1815
- XLVI Ode. The Morning of the Day appointed for a General Thanksgiving, January 18, 1816
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Helen Darbishire and Ernest De Selincourt (eds), The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. 3: Miscellaneous Sonnets; Memorials of Various Tours; Poems to National Independence and Liberty; The Egyptian Maid; The River Duddon Series; The White Doe and Other Narrative Poems; Ecclesiastical Sonnets (Second Edition)
Contents
- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionMiscellaneous Sonnets
- DEDICATION to ——
- Close sectionPart I
- I Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room
- II Admonition
- III "Beloved Vale!" I said, "when I shall con
- IV At Applethwaite, Near Keswick
- V Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side
- VI There is a little unpretending rill
- VII Her only pilot the soft breeze, the boat
- VIII The fairest, brightest hues of ether fade
- IX Upon the Sight of a Beautiful Picture
- X "Why, Minstrel, these untuneful murmurings––
- XI Aerial Rock––whose solitary brow
- XII To Sleep
- XIII To Sleep
- XIV To Sleep
- XV The Wild Duck's Nest
- XVI Written Upon a Blank Leaf in "The Complete Angler"
- XVII To The Poet, John Dyer
- XVIII On the Detraction Which Followed the Publication of a Certain Poem
- XIX Grief, thou hast lost an ever ready friend
- XX To S. H.
- XXI Composed in One of the Valleys of Westmoreland, on Easter Sunday
- XXII Decay of Piety
- XXIII Composed on the Eve of a Marriage of a Friend In the Vale of Grasmere, 1812
- XXIV From the Italian of Michael Angelo
- XXV From the Same
- XXVI From the Same. To the Supreme Being
- XXVII Surprised by joy––impatient as the wind
- XXVIII Methought I saw the footsteps of a throne
- XXIX November, 1836
- XXX It's a beauteous evening, calm and free
- XXXI Where lies the Land to which yon Ship must go?
- XXXII With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh
- XXXIII The world is too much with us; late and soon
- XXXIV A volant Tribe of Bards on earth are found
- XXXV "Weak is the will of Man, his judgement blind
- XXXVI To the Memory of Raisley Calvert
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- I Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned
- II How sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks
- III To B. R. Haydon
- IV From the dark chambers of dejection freed
- V Fair Prime of life! were it enough to gild
- VI I watch, and long have watched, with calm regret
- VII I heard (alas! 'twas only in a dream)
- VIII Retirement
- IX Not Love, Not War, nor the tumultuous swell
- X Mark the concentrated hazels that enclose
- XI Composed After a Journey Across the Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire
- XII Those words were uttered as in pensive mood
- XIII September, 1815
- XIV November 1
- XV Composed During a Storm
- XVI To a Snow-drop
- XVII To the Lady Mary Lowther
- XVIII To Lady Beaumont
- XIX There is a pleasure in a poetic pains
- XX The Shepherd, looking eastward, softly said
- XXI When haughty expectations prostrate lie
- XXII Hail, Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
- XXIII "With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky
- XXIV Even as a dragon's eye that feels the stress
- XXV The stars are mansions built by Nature's hand
- XXVI Desponding Father! mark this altered bough
- XXVII Captivity.––Mary Queen of Scots
- XXVIII St. Catherine of Ledbury
- XXIX Though narrow be that old Man's cares, and near
- XXX Four fiery steeds impatient of the rein
- XXXI Brook! whose society the Poet seeks
- XXXII Composed on the Banks of a Rocky Stream
- XXXIII This and the Following were Suggested by Mr. Westall's Views of the Caves, etc., in Yorkshire
- XXXIV Malham Cove
- XXXV Gordale
- XXXVI Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
- XXXVII Conclusion. To –––
- Close sectionPart III
- I Though the bold wings of Poesy affect
- II Oxford, May 30, 1820
- III Oxford, May 30, 1820
- IV Recollection of the Portrait of King Henry the Eighth, Trinity Lodge, Cambridge
- V On the Death of His Majesty (George the Third)
- VI June, 1820
- VII A Parsonage in Oxfordshire
- VIII Composed among the Ruins of a Castle in North Wales
- IX To the Lady E. B. and the Hon. Miss P.
- X To the Torrent at the Devil's Bridge, North Wales, 1824
- XI In the Woods of Rydal
- XII When Philoctetes in the Lemnian isle
- XIII While Anna's peers and early playmates tread
- XIV To the Cuckoo
- XV To –––
- XVI The Infant M––– M–––
- XVII To –––, in her Seventieth Year
- XVIII To Rotha Q–––
- XIX A Gravestone upon the Floor in the Cloisters of Worcester Cathedral
- XX Roman Antiquities Discovered at Bishopstone, Herefordshire
- XXI 1830
- XXII A Tradition of Oker Hill in Darley Dale, Derbyshire
- XXIII Filial Piety
- XXIV To the Author's Portrait
- XXV Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant
- XXVI To B. R. Haydon, on seeing his Picture of Napoleon Buonaparte on the Island of St. Helena
- XXVII A Poet!––He hath put his heart to school
- XXVIII The most alluring clouds that mount the sky
- XXIX On a Portrait of the Duke of Wellington upon the Field of Waterloo, by Haydon
- XXX Composed on a May Morning, 1838
- XXXI Lo! where she stands fixed in a saint-like trance
- XXXII To a Painter
- XXXIII On the Same Subject
- XXXIV Hark! 'tis the Thrush, undaunted, undeprest
- XXXV Tis He whose yester-evening's high disdain
- XXXVI Oh what a Wreck! How changed in mien and speech!
- XXXVII Intent on gathering wool from hedge and brake
- XXXVIII A Plea for Authors, May 1838
- XXXIX Valedictory Sonnet
- XL To the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D. D., Master of Harrow School
- XLI To the Planet Venus
- XLII Wansfell! this Household has a favoured lot
- XLIII While beams of orient light shoot wide and high
- XLIV In my mind's eye a Temple, like a cloud
- XLV On the Projected Kendal and Windermere Railway
- XLVI Proud were ye, Mountains, when, in times of old
- XLVII At Furness Abbey
- XLVIII At Furness Abbey
- Close sectionMemorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803
- I Departure from the Vale of Grasmere. August, 1803
- II At the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven Years after his death
- III Thoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of Nith, near the Poet's Residence
- IV To the Sons of Burns after visiting the Grave of their Father
- V Ellen Irwin: or, The Braes of Kirtle
- VI To a Highland Girl, at Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond
- VII Glen Almain: or, The Narrow Glen
- VIII Stepping Westward
- IX The Solitary Reaper
- X Address to Kilchurn Castle, upon Loch Awe
- XI Rob Roy's Grave
- XII Sonnet. Composed at ––– Castle
- XIII Yarrow Unvisited
- XIV Sonnet. In the Pass of Killicranky
- XV The Matron of Jedborough and her Husband
- XVI Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale!
- XVII The Blind Highland Boy. A Tale told by the Fireside, after returning to the Vale of Grasmere
- Close sectionMemorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1814
- Close sectionPoems Dedicated to National Independence and Liberty
- Close sectionPart I
- I Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802
- II Calais, August, 1802
- III Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802
- IV 1801
- V Calais, August 15, 1802
- VI On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
- VII The King of Weden
- VIII To Toussaint l'Ouverture
- IX September 1, 1802
- X Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of Landing
- XI September, 1802. Near Dover
- XII Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland
- XIII Written in London, September, 1802
- XIV London, 1802
- XV Great men have been among us; hands that penned
- XVI It is not to be thought of that the Flood
- XVII When I have borne in memory what has tamed
- XVIII October, 1803
- XIX There is bondage worse, far worse, to bear
- XX October, 1803
- XXI England! The time is come when thou should'st wean
- XXII October, 1803
- XXIII To the Men of Kent. October, 1803
- XXIV What if our numbers barely could defy
- XXV Lines on the Expected Invasion 1803
- XXVI Anticipation. October, 1803
- XXVII November, 1806
- XXVIII Ode
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- I On a Celebrated Event in Ancient History
- II Upon the same Event
- III To Thomas Clarkson, on the final Passing of the Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. March, 1807
- IV A Prophecy. February, 1807
- V Composed by the Side of Grasmere Lake
- VI Go back to antique ages, if thine eyes
- VII Composed while the Author was engaged in writing a Tract occasioned by the Convention of Cintra
- VIII Composed at the same Time and on the same Occasion
- IX Hofer
- X Advance––come forth from thy Tyrolean ground
- XI Feelings of the Tyrolese
- XII Alas! what boots the long laborious quest
- XIII And is it among rude untutored Dales
- XIV O'er the wide earth, on mountain and on plain
- XV On the Final Submission of the Tyrolese
- XVI Hail, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye
- XVII Say, what is Honour?––'Tis the finest sense
- XVIII The martial courage of a day is vain
- XIX Brave Schill! by death delivered, take thy flight
- XX Call not the royal Swede unfortunate
- XXI Look now on that Adventurer who hath paid
- XXII Is there a power that can sustain and cheer
- XXIII 1810
- XXIV In due observance of an ancient rite
- XXV Feelings of a noble Biscayan at one of those Funerals. 1810
- XXVI The Oak of Guernica. Supposed Address to the same. 1810
- XXVII Indignation of a High-minded Spaniard. 1810
- XXVIII Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind
- XXIX 1810
- XXX The French and the Spanish Guerillas
- XXXI Spanish Guerillas. 1811
- XXXII 1811
- XXXIII 1811
- XXXIV The French Army in Russia. 1812–13
- XXXV On the same Occasion
- XXXVI By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze
- XXXVII The Germans on the Heights of Hochheim
- XXXVIII November, 1813
- XXXIX Ode. 1814
- XL Feelings of a French Royalist, on the Disinterment of the Remains of the Duke d'Enghien
- XLI Occasioned by the Battle of Waterloo, February, 1816
- XLII Siege of Vienna raised by John Sobieski, February, 1816
- XLIII Occasioned by the Battle of Waterloo
- XLIV Emperors and Kings, how oft have temples rung
- XLV Ode. 1815
- XLVI Ode. The Morning of the Day appointed for a General Thanksgiving, January 18, 1816
- Close sectionPart I
- Close sectionMemorials of a Tour on the Continent. 1820
- Dedication
- I Fish-women.––On landing at Calais
- II Brugès
- III Brugès
- IV Incident at Brugès
- V After visiting the Field of Waterloo
- VI Between Namur and Liège
- VII Aix-la-Chapelle
- VIII In the Cathedral at Cologne
- IX In a Carriage, upon the Banks of the Rhine
- X Hymn for the Boatmen, as they approach the Rapids under the Castle of Heidelberg
- XI The Source of the Danube
- XII On approaching the Staub-Bach, Lauterbrunnen
- XIII The Fall of the Aar––Handec
- XIV Memorial near the Outlet of the Lake of Thun.
- XV Composed in one of the Catholic Cantons
- XVI After-thought
- XVII Scene on the Lake of Brientz
- XVIII Engelberg, the Hill of Angels
- XIX Our Lady of the Snow
- XX Effusion in the Presence of the Painted Tower of Tell, at Altdorf
- XXI The Town of Schwytz
- XXII On hearing the 'Ranz des Vaches' on the Top of the Pass of St. Gothard
- XXIII Fort Fuentes
- XXIV The Church of San Salvador seen from the Lake of Lugano
- XXV The Italian Itinerant, and the Swiss Goatherd
- XXVI The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, in the Refectory of the Convent of Maria della Grazia, Milan
- XXVII The Eclipse of the Sun, 1820
- XXVIII The Three Cottage Girls
- XXIX The Column intended by Buonaparte for a Triumphal Edifice in Milan, now lying by the Way-side in the Simplon Pass
- XXX Stanzas composed in the Simplon Pass
- XXXI Echo, upon the Gemmi
- XXXII Processions. Suggested on a Sabbath Morning in the Vale of Chamouny
- XXXIII Elegiac Stanzas
- XXXIV Sky-Prospect––from the Plain of France
- XXXV On being stranded near the Harbour of Boulogne
- XXXVI After landing––the Valley of Dover, November, 1820
- XXXVII At Dover
- XXXVIII Desultory Stanzas upon receiving the Preceding Sheets from the Press
- Close sectionMemorials of a Tour in Italy, 1837
- TO HENRY CRABB ROBINSON
- I Musings near Aquapendente. April, 1837
- II The Pine of Monte Mario at Rome
- III At Rome
- IV At Rome––Regrets.––In Allusion to Niebuhr, and other Modern Historians
- V Continued
- VI Plea for the Historian
- VII At Rome
- VIII Near Rome, in Sight of St. Peter's
- IX At Albano
- X Near Anio's stream I spied a gentle Dove
- XI From the Alban Hills, looking towards Rome
- XII Near the Lake of Thrasymene
- XIII Near the same Lake
- XIV The Cuckoo at Laverna. May 25, 1837
- XV At the Convent of Camaldoli
- XVI Continued
- XVII At the Eremite or Upper Convent of Camaldoli
- XVIII At Vallombrosa
- XIX At Florence
- XX Before the Picture of the Baptist, by Raphael, in the Gallery at Florence
- XXI At Florence.––From Michael Angelo
- XXII At Florence.––From Michael Angelo
- XXIII Among the Ruins of a Convent in the Apennines
- XXIV In Lombardy
- XXV After leaving Italty
- XXVI Continued
- XXVII Composed at Rydal on May Morning, 1838
- XXVIII The Pillar of Trajan
- XXIX The Egyptian Maid; or, The Romance of the Water Lily
- Close sectionThe River Duddon. A Series of Sonnets
- To the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth (with the Sonnets to the River Duddon, and other Poems in this Collection), 1820
- I Not envying Latian shades––if yet they throw
- II Child of the clouds! Remote from every taint
- III How shall I paint thee?––Be this naked stone
- IV Take, cradled Nursling of the mountain, take
- V Sole listener, Duddon! To the breeze that played
- VI Flowers
- VII "Change me, some God, into that breathing rose!"
- VIII What aspect bore the Man who roved or fled
- IX The Stepping-stones
- X The same subject
- XI The Faery Chasm
- XII Hints for the Fancy
- XIII Open Prospect
- XIV O mountain Stream! the Shepherd and his Cot
- XV From this deep chasm, where quivering sunbeams play
- XVI American Tradition
- XVII Return
- XVIII Seathwaite Chapel
- XIX Tributary Stream
- XX The Plain Donnerdale
- XXI Whence that low voice?––A whisper from the heart
- XXII Tradition
- XXIII Sheep-washing
- XXIV The Resting-place
- XXV Methinks 'twere no unprecedented feat
- XXVI Return, Content! for fondly I pursued
- XXVII Fallen, and diffused into a shapeless heap
- XXVIII Journey Renewed
- XXIX No record tells of lance opposed to lance
- XXX Who swerves from innocence, who makes divorce
- XXXI The Kirk of Ulpha to the pilgrim's eye
- XXXII Not hurled precipitous from steep to steep
- XXXIII Conclusion
- XXXIV After-thought
- Close sectionYarrow Revisited, and Other Poems
- to SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.,
- I Yarrow Revisited
- II On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford, for Naples
- III A Place of Burial in the South of Scotland
- IV On the Sight of a Manse in the South of Scotland
- V Composed in Roslin Chapel, during a Storm
- VI The Trosachs
- VII The pibroch's note, discountenanced or mute
- VIII Composed in the Glen of Loch Etive
- IX Eagles
- X In the Sound of Mull
- XI Suggested at Tyndrum in a Storm
- XII The Earl of Breadalbane's ruined Mansion, and Family Burial-place, near Killin
- XIII "Rest and be Thankful." At the Head of Glencroe
- XIV Highland Hut
- XV The Highland Broach
- XVI The Brownie
- XVII To the Planet Venus, an Evening Star
- XVIII Bothwell Castle
- XIX Picture of Daniel in the Lions' Den, at Hamilton Palace
- XX The Avon
- XXI Suggested by a View from an Eminence in Inglewood Forest
- XXII Hart's-horn Tree, near Penrith
- XXIII Fancy and Tradition
- XXIV Countess' Pillar
- XXV Roman Antiquities
- XXVI Apology
- The White Doe of Rylstone; or, The Fate of the Nortons
- Close sectionEcclesiastical Sonnets. In Series
- Close sectionPart I. From the Introduction of Christianity into Britain to the Consummation of the Papal Dominion
- I Introduction
- II Conjectures
- III Trepidation of the Druids
- IV Druidical Excommunication
- V Uncertainty
- VI Persecution
- VII Recovery
- VIII Temptations from Roman Refinements
- IX Dissensions
- X Struggle of the Britons against the Barbarians
- XI Saxon Conquest
- XII Monastery of Old Bangor
- XIII Casual Incitement
- XIV Glad Tidings
- XV Paulinus
- XVI Persuasion
- XVII Conversion
- XVIII Apology
- XIX Primitive Saxon Clergy
- XX Other Influences
- XXI Seclusion
- XXII Continued
- XXIII Reproof
- XXIV Saxon Monasteries, and Lights and Shades of the Religion
- XXV Missions and Travels
- XXVI Alfred
- XXVII His Descendants
- XXVIII Influence abused
- XXIX Danish Conquests
- XXX Canute
- XXXI The Norman Conquest
- XXXII Coldly we spake. The Saxons, overpowered
- XXXIII The Council of Clermont
- XXXIV Crusades
- XXXV Richard I
- XXXVI An Interdict
- XXXVII Papal Abuses
- XXXVIII Scene in Venice
- XXXIX Papal Dominion
- Close sectionPart II. To the Close of the Troubles in the Reign of Charles I
- I How soon––alas! did Man, created pure
- II From false assumption rose, and fondly hail'd
- III Cistertian Monastery
- IV Deplorable his lot who tills the ground
- V Monks and Schoolmen
- VI Other Benefits
- VII Continued
- VIII Crusaders
- IX As faith thus sanctified the warrior's crest
- X Where long and deeply hath been fixed the root
- XI Transubstantiation
- XII The Vaudois
- XIII Praised be the Rivers, from their mountain springs
- XIV Waldenses
- XV Archbishop Chicheley to Henry V
- XVI Wars of York and Lancaster
- XVII Wicliffe
- XVIII Corruptions of the Higher Clergy
- XIX Abuse of Monastic Power
- XX Monastic Voluptuousness
- XXI Dissolution of the Monasteries
- XXII The same subject
- XXIII Continued
- XXIV Saints
- XXV The Virgin
- XXVI Apology
- XXVII Imaginative Regrets
- XXVIII Reflections
- XXIX Translation of the Bible
- XXX The Point at Issue
- XXXI Edward VI
- XXXII Edward signing the Warrant for the Execution of Joan of Kent
- XXXIII Revival of Popery
- XXXIV Latimer and Ridley
- XXXV Cranmer
- XXXVI General View of the Troubles of the Reformation
- XXXVII English Reformers in Exile
- XXXVIII Elizabeth
- XXXIX Eminent Reformers
- XL The Same
- XLI Distractions
- XLII Gunpowder Plot
- XLIII Illustration. The Jung-Frau and the Fall of the Rhine near Schaffhausen
- XLIV Troubles of Charles the First
- XLV Laud
- XLVI Afflictions of England
- Close sectionPart III. From the Restoration to the Present Times
- I I saw the figure of a lovely Maid
- II Patriotic Sympathies
- III Charles the Second
- IV Latitudinarianism
- V Walton's Book of Lives
- VI Clerical Integrity
- VII Persecution of the Scottish Covenanters
- VIII Acquittal of the Bishops
- IX William the Third
- X Obligations of Civil to Religious Liberty
- XI Sacheverel
- XII Down a swift Stream, thus far, a bold design
- XIII Aspects of Christianity in America.: I. The Pilgrim Fathers
- XIV Aspects of Christianity in America: II. Continued
- XV Aspects of Christianity in America: III. Concluded.––American Episcopacy
- XVI Bishops and Priests blessèd are ye, if deep
- XVII Places of Worship
- XVIII Pastoral Character
- XIX The Liturgy
- XX Baptism
- XXI Sponsors
- XXII Catechising
- XXIII Confirmation
- XXIV Confirmation continued
- XXV Sacrament
- XXVI The Marriage Ceremony
- XXVII Thanksgiving after Childbirth
- XXVIII Visitation of the Sick
- XXIX The Commination Service
- XXX Forms of Prayer at Sea
- XXXI Funeral Service
- XXXII Rural Ceremony
- XXXIII Regrets
- XXXIV Mutability
- XXXV Old Abbeys
- XXXVI Emigrant French Clergy
- XXXVII Congratulation
- XXXVIII New Churches
- XXXIX Church to be erected
- XL Continued
- XLI New Church-yard
- XLII Cathedrals, etc
- XLIII Inside of King's College Chapel, Cambridge
- XLIV The same
- XLV Continued
- XLVI Ejaculation
- XLVII Conclusion
- Close sectionPart I. From the Introduction of Christianity into Britain to the Consummation of the Papal Dominion
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- Close sectionAPPENDIX
- Close sectionSonnets, etc, not Included in the Edition of 1849–50; Some of them hitherto Unpublished
- I I find it written of Simonides
- II From the Italian of Michael Angelo
- III On Milton
- IV Through Cumbrian Wilds
- V Author's Voyage down the Rhine (Thirty Years ago)
- VI The Modern Athens
- VII A Poet to his Grandchild. Sequel to 'A Plea for Authors'
- VIII Protest against the Ballot (1838)
- IX On a Portrait of I. F. painted by Margaret Gillies
- X To I. F.
- XI [On a Portrait of I. F. ?]
- XII When Severn's sweeping flood had overthrown
- XIII Assigned to Wordsworth. Written in a Grotto
- XIV Just Vengeance claims thy Soul for Rights invaded
- XV Sonnet to a Picture by Luca Giordano
- Pelayo
- Close sectionSonnets, etc, not Included in the Edition of 1849–50; Some of them hitherto Unpublished
- NOTES
- Close sectionADDENDUM
- INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES
- Close sectionAPPENDIX