COMPOSED. 1840. 1840. FIRST PUBLISHED. X. "Our bodily life, some plead, that life the shrine." XI. “Ah, think how one compelled for life XII. "See the Condemned alone within his cell." XIII. Conclusion, "Yes, though he well may XIV. Apology, "The formal World relaxes 1842 On a portrait of the Duke of Wellington upon 1842. 1842, March 8. Sonnet, "Intent on gathering wool from hedge and trunk,” 1842, March 26. Prelude, prefixed to the volume entitled "Poems chiefly of early and late years," 1842 1842 1842 1842 1842 “A Poet! he hath put his heart to school," 1842 "The most alluring clouds that mount the sky," 1842 "Feel for the wrongs to universal ken," In allusion to various recent histories and 1842 1842 Concluded, "Long-favoured England! be not thou misled," 1842 "Men of the Western World! in Fate's dark book," 1842 "Lo! where she stands fixed in a saint-like trance," 1842 Troilus and Cressida (from Chaucer), 1842 The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (from Chaucer), 1842 1842 The Poet's Dream, Sequel to the Norman Boy. 1842 COMPOSED, 1842. FIRST PUBLISHED. "Lyre! though such power do in thy magic To the Clouds, A Night Thought, 1842 1842, Dec. 24. Sonnet, "Wansfell! this Household has 1843. 1843. Grace Darling, 1845 1843, Jan. 1. Sonnet, "While beams of orient light shoot Sonnet, To the Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, 1845 1843, December. Inscription for a Monument in Crossthwaite Church, in the Vale of Keswick, 1850 1844. 1844, Oct. 12. Sonnet, On the projected Kendal and Winder- Sonnet, "Proud were ye Mountains, when, in Sonnet, At Furness Abbey, "Here, where, of 1845 1845. 1845. Poem on the Naming of Places, "Forth from a 1845 1845, June 6. 1845, June 21. 1845. 1845. 1845. The Westmoreland Girl, To my grandchildren, FIRST PUBLISHED. To the Pennsylvanians, "Days undefiled by "Young England! what has then become of 1845 1845 1845. 1845. "If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven," 1845 Sonnet, "Though the bold wings of Poesy affect," 1845 1846. 1846. 1846. "I know an aged Man constrained to dwell," 1850 1850 1846. Sonnet, To Lucca Giordano. "Giordano, Sonnet, "Who but is pleased to watch the Sonnet, "Where lies the truth? has Man in Sonnet, Illustrated Books and Newspapers, Sonnet, "The unremitting Voice of nightly 1850 1846. Sonnet, To an Octogenarian, "Affections lose WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. EXTRACT FROM THE CONCLUSION OF A POEM, COMPOSED IN ANTICIPATION OF In edd., 1815 to 1832, the title is "Composed upon leaving school.” It was written at Hawkshead. [The image with which this poem concludes, suggested itself to me resting in a boat along with my companions under the while I was shade of a magnificent row of sycamores, which then extended their branches from the shore of the promontory upon which stands the ancient, and at that time, the more picturesque Hall of Coniston, the seat of the Le Flemings from very early times. The poem of which it was the conclusion, was of many hundred lines, and contained thoughts and images, most of which have been dispersed through my other writings.] DEAR native regions, I foretell, From what I feel at this farewell, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy, My soul will cast the backward view, The longing look alone on you. Thus, while the Sun sinks down to rest Far in the regions of the west, |