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Oh, blank confusion! true epitome Of what the mighty City is herself, To thousands upon thousands of her sons, Living amid the same perpetual whirl Of trivial objects, melted and reduced To one identity.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
Lyricist
Poet
Cockermouth
Cumbria
Wordsworth
Living
Confusion
Epitome
True
Thousands
Amid
Son
Trivial
Identity
Reduced
City
Sons
Objects
Mighty
Cities
Blank
Whirl
Upon
Perpetual
Melted

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