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The Prelude of 1805 in Thirteen Books

By: William Wordsworth

... The Prelude of 1805, in Thirteen Books WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1805 DjVu Editions Copyright c 2001 by Global Langu... ... The Prelude of 1805, in Thirteen Books WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1805 DjVu Editions Copyright c 2001 by Global Language Reso... ...don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Book Eighth Retrospect: Love of Nature Leading to Love of Mankind . 126 Book Ninth Residence in France... ...Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 ii The Prelude of 1805 Book First Introduction: Childhood and School time OH, there is ... ...things my Brother, chiefly here 485 In this my deep devotion. Fare Thee well! Health, and the quiet of a healthful mind Attend thee! seeking oft the ha... ...so many happy youths, so wide and fair A congregation in its budding time Of health, and hope, and beauty, all at once So many divers samples of the g... ...yr southward to the Dome 45 Of Genevi` eve. In both her clamorous halls, The National Synod and the Jacobins, I saw the revolutionary power Toss like ... ...her wish to recompense The industrious, and the lowly child of toil, 530 All institutes for ever blotted out That legalized exclusion, empty pomp Abol... ...d written law, And sundry moral sentiments, as props And emanations of these institutes, Too justly bore a part. A veil had been 860 Uplifted. Why dec...

...ing in this gentle breeze, That blows from the green fields and from the clouds And from the sky; it beats against my cheek, And seems half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! A captive greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, from yon city?s walls set free, A prison where he hath been long immured. Now I am free, enfranchised and at l...

...Table of Contents: Book First Introduction: Childhood and School-time, 1 -- Book Second Childhood and School-time (Continued), 20 -- Book Third Residence at Cambridge, 34 -- Book Fourth Summer Vacation, 53 -- Book Fifth Books, 67 -...

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