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There is creation in the eye.

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth
Age: 80 †
Born: 1770
Born: April 7
Died: 1850
Died: April 23
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Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
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Sweet childish days, that were as long, As twenty days are now.
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I look for ghosts but none will force Their way to me. 'Tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead.
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The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!
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