Selected Poetry

by Wordsworth, William; Gill, Stephen; Wu, Duncan

• ISBN13: 9780192834881
• ISBN10: 0192834886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the most important and enduringly popular of all the English poets. His unique relationship with the poet and political activist Samuel Taylor Coleridge, founded in the political and social ferment of 1795, produced a revolution in literature, resulting in the joint volume, Lyrical Ballads (1798-1805)--a landmark in the history of English Romanticism. This selection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, includes all Wordsworth's finest lyrics, and a large sample of The Prelude (1805), his extraordinary autobiographical poem in blank verse and the first truly great achievement of a new era in English poetry.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Chronology	p. xiv
Note on the Text	p. xvii
Acknowledgement	p. xviii
Old Man Travelling Animal Tranquillity and Decay, a Sketch	p. 1
The Ruined Cottage	p. 1
[a Night-Piece]	p. 15
[the Discharged Soldier]	p. 15
The Old Cumberland Beggar: A Description	p. 20
Lines Written at a Small Distance from My House, and Sent by My Little Boy to the Person to Whom They Are Addressed	p. 25
The Idiot Boy	p. 36
Lines Written in Early Spring	p. 50
Anecdote for Fathers: Shewing How the Art of Lying May Be Taught	p. 50
Anecdote for Fathers: Shewing How the Art of Lying May Be Taught	p. 52
Expostulation and Reply	p. 55
Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey: On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798	p. 57
Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey: On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798	p. 61
Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey: On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798	p. 63
Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey: On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798	p. 65
Song	p. 66
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 66
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 67
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 69
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 70
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 72
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 84
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 90
'strange Fits of Passion I Have Known'	p. 99
Michael	p. 104
'I Travelled Among Unknown Men'	p. 116
'I Travelled Among Unknown Men'	p. 117
'I Travelled Among Unknown Men'	p. 119
To the Cuckoo	p. 121
To a Butterfly	p. 121
To the Cuckoo	p. 122
To H.C., Six Years Old	p. 123
To a Butterfly	p. 124
'Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been'	p. 124
To a Butterfly	p. 125
To a Butterfly	p. 126
To a Butterfly	p. 130
To a Butterfly	p. 130
To a Butterfly	p. 132
To a Butterfly	p. 133
To a Butterfly	p. 133
To a Butterfly	p. 134
To a Butterfly	p. 134
To a Butterfly	p. 135
To a Butterfly	p. 135
To a Butterfly	p. 136
To a Butterfly	p. 136
To a Butterfly	p. 137
To a Butterfly	p. 137
To a Butterfly	p. 138
To a Butterfly	p. 140
To a Butterfly	p. 145
To a Butterfly	p. 146
To a Butterfly	p. 147
To a Butterfly	p. 148
To a Butterfly	p. 150
Gipsies	p. 151
St Paul's	p. 151
St Paul's	p. 152
Yew-Trees	p. 153
Airey-Force Valley	p. 154
The River Duddon: Conclusion	p. 154
Extempore Effusion Upon the Death of James Hogg	p. 155
From the Prelude	p. 157
Notes	p. 225
Further Reading	p. 246
Index of Titles and First Lines	p. 250
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