Project Gutenberg 2014-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 278 Wordsworth, William 1770 1850 Knight, William Angus 1836 1916 The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 7 (of 8) Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 7" by William Wordsworth is a collection of poetry written during the early 19th century. This volume prominently features the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," a series of poems reflecting on the history of the Church of England, its introduction, and its subsequent developments over the years. Wordsworth's exploration transcends just historical narrative, delving into themes of spirituality, morality, and the cultural implications of religious practices and institutions. At the start of the volume, Wordsworth provides context for the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," explaining their inspiration stemming from discussions about the Church and its influence on British society. The opening section presents a series of sonnets addressing various aspects of Christianity's history in England, beginning with its introduction and the responses of the Druids, leading through to conflicts and recoveries within the Church's narrative. The poems serve not only as reflections on historical events but as meditations on the spiritual journeys and struggles faced by individuals and communities in their quest for faith and understanding in the evolving landscape of Christianity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- 19th century English poetry -- 18th century PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 1407427 1407436 2024-09-19T15:39:09.259398 2023-09-20T11:39:17.915198 text/html text/html 1462451 2014-10-18T14:30:20 text/html; charset=us-ascii 677963 2014-10-18T14:30:22 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 728848 2024-09-19T15:40:40.076478 application/epub+zip 744841 2024-09-19T15:39:41.671227 application/epub+zip 489493 2024-09-19T15:39:25.269346 application/epub+zip 1281648 2024-09-19T15:40:57.056388 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1086738 2024-09-19T15:40:09.583593 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1434785 2022-09-21T12:05:47.437373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 762142 762038 2024-09-19T15:39:00.727453 2023-09-20T11:39:09.791127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 762042 2014-10-18T14:30:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 293909 2014-10-18T14:30:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 762066 2014-10-18T14:30:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 293727 2014-10-18T14:30:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20860 2024-09-19T15:40:57.298350 application/rdf+xml 14847 2024-09-19T15:39:25.732319 image/jpeg 2460 2024-09-19T15:39:25.508304 image/jpeg 671530 2024-09-19T15:39:09.352389 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia