THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

Reprinted from the Edition of 1857.

LONDON:

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

SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

1881.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY THE BEQUEST OF

THEODORE JEWETT EASTMAN

1931

CONTENTS.

ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.

PART I.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, TO

THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL DOMINION.

Introduction

Conjectures

Trepidation of the Druids

Druidical Excommunication

Uncertainty

Persecution

Recovery

Temptations from Roman Refinements

Dissensions

Struggle of the Britons against the Barbarians