THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH,

THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAMI WORDSWORTH.

IN SIX VOLUMES,

VOL. IV.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

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

SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

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

Eug. 11-27-08

CONTENTS,

ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.

PART I.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO

THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.

PAGE

Introduction

2

Conjectures

2

Trepidation of the Druids

3

Druidical Excommunication

4

Uncertainty

5

Persecution

5

Recovery

6

Temptations from Roman Refinements

7

Dissensions

7

Struggle of the Britons against the Barbarians

8

Saxon Conquest

9

Monastery of Old Bangor

Casual Incitement

10

Glad Tidings

11

Paulinus

11

Persuasion

12

Conversion

13

Apology

13

Primitive Saxon Clergy

14

Other Influences

15

4.95

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