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The painting by Sir George Beaumont which inspired the poem.[1]

Elegiac Stanzas is a poem by William Wordsworth, originally published in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807).[2] Its full title is "Elegiac Stanzas, Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm, Painted by Sir George Beaumont."

  1. ^ "Peele Castle in a Storm by Sir George Beaumont". Art Fund. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ Gill, Stephen, ed. William Wordsworth: A Critical Edition of the Major Works. Oxford [UK]: Oxford UP, 1987. p. 718.

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