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William Wordsworth
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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.... it is to assist Nature in moving the affections... the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature.
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Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.
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Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.
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Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?
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But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation.
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Meek Walton's heavenly memory.
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Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.
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