CONTENTS.

VOL. VI.

THE EXCURSION.

Dedication

Preface to the Edition of 1814

Book I. The Wanderer

II. The Solitary

III. Despondency

IV. Despondency Corrected

V. The Pastor

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VI. The Church-yard among the Moun

tains

Notes.

Editor's Notes

VII. The Church-yard among the Moun

tains (continued)

VIII. The Parsonage

IX. Discourse of the Wanderer, and an

Evening Visit to the Lake

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THE EXCURSION.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM, EARL OF LONSDALE, K.G.

ETC., ETC.

OFT, through thy fair domains, illustrious Peer! In youth I roamed, on youthful pleasures bent; And mused in rocky cell or sylvan tent,

Beside swift-flowing Lowther's current clear.
-Now, by thy care befriended, I appear
Before thee, LONSDALE, and this Work present,
A token (may it prove a monument !)
Of high respect and gratitude sincere.
Gladly would I have waited till my task
Had reached its close; but Life is insecure,
And Hope full oft fallacious as a dream :
Therefore, for what is here produced, I ask
Thy favour; trusting that thou wilt not deem
The offering, though imperfect, premature.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

RYDAL MOUNT, WESTMORELAND,
July 29, 1814.