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Corruptions of the Higher Clergy

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Corruptions of the Higher Clergy

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METADATA

Metadata

Corruptions of the Higher Clergy

Poet(s)

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 12:67, 181, August 1822.

First line

“Woe to you Prelates! rioting in ease”

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

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Notes and attribution research

Poem included in Wordsworth’s Sonnets and Memorials (175-91), which is unsigned. (KAF)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 9842

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “Corruptions of the Higher Clergy,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1822/pom_9842_corruptions_of_the_higher.html.

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