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It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.

William Morris

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William Morris
Age: 62 †
Born: 1834
Born: March 24
Died: 1896
Died: October 3
Wilcumestowe
William M. Morris
Prison
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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
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A world made to be lost, - A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.
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And the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
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Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.
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Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.
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