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INTRODUCTION

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

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

To a Butterfly

'The Sparrow's Nest

Alice Fell; or, Poverty

Lucy Gray; or, Solitude

We are Seven.

The Pet Lamb

To H. C., Six Years old.

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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

Indolence

Lucy

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She dwelt among the untrodden ways

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Among unknown men

The Last of the Flock

The Affliction of Margaret

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Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, upon the restoration

of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to the Estates and Honours

of his Ancestors

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

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

Written upon a Blank Leaf in "The Complete Angler

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free

The world is too much with us; late and soon

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