Versos English William Wordsworth Ode[Bl]

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Composed January 1816.--Published 1816

Carmina possumus Donare, et pretium dicere muneri. Non incisa notis marmora publicis, Per quæ spiritus et vita redit bonis Post mortem ducibus clarius indicant Laudes, quam----Pierides; neque, Si chartæ sileant quod bene feceris, Mercedem tuleris. HOR. Car. 8, lib. 4.[BM]

This was one of the "Poems of the Imagination," in 1820. In 1827 it was placed among the "Sonnets dedicated to Liberty."--ED.