THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIANI WORDSWORTH.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
E. MOXON, SON, & CO., WARWICK HOUSE,

SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

1882.

RRADBURY, AGNEW. & co., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

CONTENTS,

ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.

PART I.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO

THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.

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Introduction

Conjectures

Trepidation of the Druids

Druidical Excommunication

Uncertainty

Persecution

Recovery

Temptations from Roman Refinements

Dissensions

Struggle of the Britons against the Barbarians

Saxon Conquest

Monastery of Old Bangor

Casual Incitement

Glad Tidings

Paulinus

Persuasion

Conversion

Apology.

Primitive Saxon Clergy

Other Influences

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