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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.
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With little here to do or see Of things that in the great world be, Sweet Daisy! oft I talk to thee For thou art worthy, Thou unassuming commonplace Of Nature, with that homely face, And yet with something of a grace Which love makes for thee!
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Open-mindedness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
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Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn
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We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
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That mighty orb of song, The divine Milton.
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Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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Let the moon shine on the in thy solitary walk and let the misty mountain-winds be free to blow against thee.
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Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind--But how could I forget thee?
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One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
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Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.
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The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.
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Great men have been among us hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom--better none
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O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?
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The childhood of today is the manhood of tomorrow
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But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant
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A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
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Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.
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The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells.
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The vision and the faculty divine Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse.
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