Poems, in Two Volumes

Collection of poetry by Wordsworth published in 1807

The title page of Poems in Two Volumes

Poems, in Two Volumes is a collection of poetry by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, published in 1807.[1]

It contains many notable poems, including:

* "Resolution and Independence"
* "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (sometimes anthologized as "The Daffodils")
* "My Heart Leaps Up"
* "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
* "Ode to Duty"
* "The Solitary Reaper"
* "Elegiac Stanzas"
* "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"
* The Sparrow's Nest
* "London, 1802"
* "The World Is Too Much with Us"
* "Yarrow Unvisited"

## Contents

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The contents[2][3] of Volume I and Volume II:

### Volume I

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* To the Daisy
* Louisa
* Fidelity
* She was a Phantom of delight
* The Redbreast and the Butterfly
* The Sailor's Mother
* To the Small Celandine
* To the same Flower
* Character of the Happy Warrior
* The Horn of Egremont Castle
* The Affliction of Margaret —— of ——
* The Kitten and the falling Leaves
* The Seven Sisters, or the Solitude of Binnorie
* To H.C., six Years old
* Among all lovely things my Love had been
* I travell'd among unknown Men
* Ode to Duty

POEMS, COMPOSED DURING A TOUR, CHIEFLY ON FOOT.

* 1\. Beggars
* 2\. To a Sky-Lark
* 3\. With how sad Steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the Sky
* 4\. Alice Fell
* 5\. Resolution and Independence

SONNETS

* Prefatory Sonnet

PART THE FIRST—MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.

* 1.
* 2.
* 3\. Composed after a Journey across the Hamilton Hills, Yorkshire
* 4.
* 5\. To Sleep
* 6\. To Sleep
* 7\. To Sleep
* 8.
* 9\. To the River Duddon
* 10\. From the Italian of Michael Angelo
* 11\. From the same
* 12\. From the same. To the Supreme Being
* 13\. Written in very early Youth
* 14\. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1803
* 15.
* 16.
* 17\. To ——
* 18.
* 19.
* 20\. To the Memory of Raisley Calvert

PART THE SECOND—SONNETS DEDICATED TO LIBERTY. CONTENTS.

* 1\. Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802
* 2\. Is it a Reed
* 3\. To a Friend, composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802
* 4.
* 5.
* 6\. On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
* 7\. The King of Sweden
* 8\. To Toussaint L'Ouverture
* 9.
* 10\. Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of Landing
* 11.
* 12\. Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland
* 13\. Written in London, September, 1802
* 14.
* 15.
* 16.
* 17.
* 18.
* 19.
* 20.
* 21.
* 22.
* 23\. To the Men of Kent. October, 1803
* 24.
* 25\. Anticipation. October, 1803
* 26.

### Volume II

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POEMS WRITTEN DURING A TOUR IN SCOTLAND.

* 1\. Rob Roy's Grave
* 2\. The solitary Reaper
* 3\. Stepping Westward
* 4\. Glen-Almain, or the Narrow Glen
* 5\. The Matron of Jedborough and her Husband
* 6\. To a Highland Girl
* 7\. Sonnet
* 8\. Address to the Sons of Burns after visiting their Father's Grave, Aug. 14th, 1803
* 9\. Yarrow Unvisited

MOODS OF MY OWN MIND.

* 1\. To a Butterfly
* 2.
* 3.
* 4.
* 5\. Written in March while resting on the Bridge at the Foot of Brother's Water
* 6\. The small Celandine]]
* 7\. No title (I wandered lonely as a cloud)
* 8.
* 9\. The Sparrow's Nest
* 10\. Gipsies
* 11\. To the Cuckoo
* 12\. To a Butterfly
* 13.

THE BLIND HIGHLAND BOY.

* The Blind Highland Boy
* The Green Linnet
* To a Young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country
* By their floating Mill, &c
* Star-gazers
* Power of Music
* To the Daisy
* To the same Flower
* Incident, characteristic of a favourite Dog,
* which belonged to a Friend of the Author
* Tribute to the Memory of the same Dog
* Sonnet
* Sonnet
* Sonnet
* Sonnet to Thomas Clarkson
* Once in a lonely Hamlet, &c
* Foresight, or the Charge of a Child to his younger Companion
* A Complaint
* I am not One, &c
* Yes! full surely 'twas the Echo, &c
* To the Spade of a Friend
* Song, at the Feast of Brougham Castle
* Lines, composed at Grasmere
* Elegiac Stanzas
* Ode
* Notes

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## Critical reception

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Poems in Two Volumes has been considered to be the peak of Wordsworth's power, and of his popularity. However, it was poorly reviewed by Wordsworth's contemporaries, including Lord Byron,[4] whom Wordsworth would come to despise. Byron said of the volume, in one of its first reviews, "Mr. W[ordsworth] ceases to please, ... clothing [his ideas] in language not simple, but puerile".[5] Wordsworth himself wrote ahead to soften the thoughts of The Critical Review, hoping his friend Wrangham would push a softer approach. He succeeded in preventing a known enemy from writing the review, but it didn't help; as Wordsworth himself said, it was a case of "Out of the frying pan, into the fire". Of any positives within Poems in Two Volumes, perceived masculinity in "The Happy Warrior" was one. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" couldn't have been further from it. Wordsworth took the reviews stoically.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Poems in Two Volumes, by William Wordsworth, Author of The Lyrical Ballads. Vol. I. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orms. 1807. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Internet Archive.; Poems in Two Volumes, by William Wordsworth, Author of The Lyrical Ballads. Vol. II. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orms. 1807. Retrieved 4 January 2017 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ Wordsworth, William. "Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 1". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
3. ^ Wordsworth, William. "Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
4. ^ "William Wordsworth". Britain Express. 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
5. ^ Byron, Baron George (1837). The works of Lord Byron complete in one volume. H.L. Broenner. p. 686. Retrieved 29 December 2009.

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List of poems

Topics|

* Early life
* Lake Poets

Lyrical Ballads|

* Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
* "Anecdote for Fathers"
* "The Idiot Boy"
* "Lucy Gray"
* The Lucy poems
* "She dwelt among the untrodden ways"
* "A slumber did my spirit seal"
* "Strange fits of passion have I known"
* "Three years she grew in sun and shower"
* The Matthew poems
* "Michael, a Pastoral"
* "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey"
* "Poor Susan"
* "We Are Seven"

Later poetry|

* Poems, in Two Volumes
* Peter Bell
* The White Doe of Rylstone
* "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"
* "Elegiac Stanzas"
* "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
* The Lucy poems
* "I travelled among unknown men"
* "London, 1802"
* "My Heart Leaps Up"
* "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
* "Resolution and Independence"
* "On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic"
* "Ode to Duty"
* "The Solitary Reaper"
* "The World Is Too Much with Us"
* "To a Butterfly"
* "Character of the Happy Warrior"
* The Yarrow poems

The Recluse|

* The Excursion
* The Prelude

Prose|

* Guide to the Lakes

People|

* Dora Wordsworth (daughter)
* Dorothy Wordsworth (sister)
* Christopher Wordsworth (brother)
* Samuel Taylor Coleridge
* Robert Southey

Homes|

* Wordsworth House (birthplace and childhood home)
* Alfoxton House (1797–1798)
* Dove Cottage (1799–1808)
* Allan Bank (1808–1811)
* Rydal Mount (1813–1850)

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* Wordsworth Trust

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