All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 1 Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 2 Location 2 Aar River (Switzerland) 2 England 2 Topic 3 Archives 2 Church history 2 Poetry 2 Part Of 1 William Wordsworth Manuscript Collection 2 Genre 2 Drafts (documents) 2 Poems 2 Subject 3 Aar River (Switzerland) – Poetry 2 England – Church history – Poetry 2 Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 – Archives 2 Lament! for Dioclesian's fiery sword Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 Manuscript drafts by William Wordsworth of his poems "Persecution" and "The Fall of Aar." The drafts include many crossed-out verses and insertions. The first page contains some lines from his poem "King's College Chapel." "Persecution" was published in his "Ecclesiastical Sketches" and "The Fall of Aar" in his "Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820." Lament! for Dioclesian's fiery sword As when a storm is past the birds regain Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 Manuscript drafts by William Wordsworth of his poems "Recovery" and "The Fall of the Aar." The latter has been completely crossed out and is likely a first draft and the first line is not entirely legible. The poems differ from their published versions. "Recovery" was published in his "Ecclesiastical Sketches" and "The Fall of Aar" in his "Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820." As when a storm is past the birds regain
