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INTRODUCTION

Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in antici-

pation of leaving School.

Written in very early Youth

Remembrance of Collins

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Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree which stands near the

Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate part of the shore com-

manding a beautiful prospect

My heart leaps up when I behold

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Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthen-

ing the imagination in Boyhood and Early Youth

To a Butterfly

A Farewell

Stanzas written in my Pocket-Copy of Thomson's Castle of

Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, upon the restoration
of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to the Estates and Honours
of his Ancestors

Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisit-

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ing the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798. 150
French Revolution, as it appeared to Enthusiasts at its com-

mencement

To a Skylark.

Laodamia

To a young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free

The world is too much with us; late and soon

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