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William Wordsworth

Carr reported having published five impressions of the poems of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) in his History of the QTP (1987). Four impressions have been seen, including what is thought to be the first edition. The missing impression may have a white cover.

(Last updated on 22/11/2020)

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Content: Dates of birth and death; The light that never was..; five quotations. Poems: I wander'd lonely as a cloud...; Behold her, single in the field...; Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...; It is a beauteous evening, calm and free...; From the Wye abover Tintern...; ...Not for these I raise...Amongst mountains and lakes; Upon Westminster Bridge; Sleep; Milton! thou shoulds't be living at this hour...; The world is too much with us...; Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; She dwelt among the untrodden ways...; quotations from Dorothy Wordsworth's journal.

Notes: The ISBN was registered in August 1975.

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Content: Biography. Poems: I wander'd lonely as a cloud...; Behold her, single in the field...; quotation; Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...; Excerpt from sister's journal; It is a beauteous evening, calm and free...; Excerpt from sister's journal; The small celandine; ..Not for these I raise...Amongst mountains and lakes; Upon Westminster Bridge; Sleep; Milton! thou shoulds't be living at this hour...; The world is too much with us...; Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; two quotations; From the Wye above Tintern...' She was a phantom of delight; She dwelt among the untrodden ways...

Notes: This has a different cover from the first edition, there is a brief biography inside the front cover, the order of poems has been changed and text quotations have been added.

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Content: Biography. Poems: I wander'd lonely as a cloud...; Behold her, single in the field...; quotation; Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...; Excerpt from sister's journal; It is a beauteous evening, calm and free...; Excerpt from sister's journal; The small celandine; ..Not for these I raise...Amongst mountains and lakes; Upon Westminster Bridge; Sleep; Milton! thou shoulds't be living at this hour...; The world is too much with us...; Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; two quotations; From the Wye above Tintern...' She was a phantom of delight; She dwelt among the untrodden ways...

Notes: This impression is the same as the second, but lists 39 titles inside the rear cover.

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Content: Biography. Poems: I wander'd lonely as a cloud...; Behold her, single in the field...; quotation; Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting...; Excerpt from sister's journal; It is a beauteous evening, calm and free...; Except from sister's journal; The small celandine; ..Not for these I raise...Amongst mountains and lakes; Upon Westminster Bridge; Sleep; Milton! thou shoulds't be living at this hour...; The world is too much with us...; Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; two quotations; From the Wye above Tintern...' She was a phantom of delight; She dwelt among the untrodden ways...

Notes: This impression is the same as the second impression and also lists 39 titles inside the rear cover, but has a pale yellow cover rather than an orange cover.

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