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(William, poet, 1777-1850) "Though Pulpits and the Desk may fail; And touch them through the Poet's pen" [first and last lines], autograph manuscript poem, 4 lines, sheet folded, removed from an album, folds, creased, slightly browned, 227 x 180mm. folded down to 114 x 180mm., Bath, 28th April 1841. *** Wordsworth in Bath. "Wordsworth late in life articulated most clearly the Miltonic belief that poets could act as effectively in matters of the spirit as those who were canonically ordained to the work: Though Pulpits and the Desk may fail To reach the hearts of worldly men Yet may the grace of God prevail And touch them through the Poet's pen `That is the Wordsworth of 1841... ." - Ryan. The Romantic Reformation: Religious Politics in English Literature, 1789-1824, Cambridge University Press, 1997.Wordsworth stayed in Bath in 1841 for the marriage of his daughter, Dora on the 11th May. Provenance: "p. 390 XXXIII From a bookseller's Catalogue. Mr. Gordon Wordsworth inspected the Manuscript, and guaranteed its genuineness. W. was at Bath on the date recorded on the Manuscript." - The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth OUP, The Clarendon Press, 1947.