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THE

POEMS

OF

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, D.C.L.,

POET LAUREATE, ETC. ETC.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET.

MDCCCXLV.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

Ir thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven,
Then, to the measure of that heaven-born light,
Shine, Poet! in thy place, and be content :—
The stars pre-eminent in magnitude,

And they that from the zenith dart their beams,

(Visible though they be to half the earth,

Though half a sphere be conscious of their brightness)

Are yet of no diviner origin,

No purer essence, than the one that burns,

Like an untended watch-fire, on the ridge

Of some dark mountain; or than those which seem

Humbly to hang, like twinkling winter lamps,
Among the branches of the leafless trees;

All are the undying offspring of one Sire:
Then, to the measure of the light vouchsafed,
Shine, Poet! in thy place, and be content.

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