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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.
William Wordsworth
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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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The soft blue sky did never melt Into his heart he never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky!
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The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
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