THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH,

D. C. L., POET LAUREATE, ETC., ETC.

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1865

Entered acoording to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

UNIVERSITY Press:
Welch, Bigelow, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

TILDEN LIERAPA

1895

CONTENTS.

VOL. IV.

Page

THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; OR, THE FATE

OF THE NORTONS. - Dedication

1

Canto I.

4

Canto II.

16

Canto III.

25

Canto IV.

37

Canto V..

45

Canto VI.

52

Canto VII.

59

ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS.

PART I. - FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY

INTO BRITAIN, TO THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PAPAL

DOMINION.

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Introduction

Conjectures

Trepidation of the Druids

Druidical Excommunication

Uncertainty

Persecution

Recovery

Temptations from Roman Refinements

Dissensions

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