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The eye— it cannot choose but see we cannot bid the ear be still our bodies feel, where'er they be, against or with our will.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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Cockermouth
Cumbria
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Ears
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Eye
Cannot
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