Manuscript drafts by William Wordsworth of his poems "Illustration" and "Decay of Piety." The poems differ slightly from their published versions and include crossed-out verses and insertions. "Illustration" was published in Wordsworth's "Ecclesiastical Sketches." The first line of "Decay of Piety" is illegible.
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