Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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... wish for in that size , to which no doubt yours will one day descend ' - the equivalent of today's paper- backs . That is not to say that he was in any sense unappreciative of the bibliographical significance of early volumes . James ...
... wish for in that size , to which no doubt yours will one day descend ' - the equivalent of today's paper- backs . That is not to say that he was in any sense unappreciative of the bibliographical significance of early volumes . James ...
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... wish time spent revoked , 25 That we might try the ground again , where once ( Through inexperience as we now perceive ) We miss'd that happiness we might have found . Some friend is gone , perhaps his son's best friend A father , whose ...
... wish time spent revoked , 25 That we might try the ground again , where once ( Through inexperience as we now perceive ) We miss'd that happiness we might have found . Some friend is gone , perhaps his son's best friend A father , whose ...
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... wish to see 10 My grandchild on my knees before I die : And I have set my heart upon a match . Now therefore look to Dora ; she is well To look to ; thrifty too beyond her age . She is my brother's daughter : he and I 15 Had once hard ...
... wish to see 10 My grandchild on my knees before I die : And I have set my heart upon a match . Now therefore look to Dora ; she is well To look to ; thrifty too beyond her age . She is my brother's daughter : he and I 15 Had once hard ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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