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The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. (William Wordsworth)
Spires whose 'silent finger points to heaven.' View quote
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The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink I heard a voice it said Drink, pretty creature, drink' View quote
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The first cuckoo's melancholy cry. View quote
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A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident to-morrows. View quote
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Enough, if something from our hands have power; To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. View quote
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My apprehensions come in crowds I dread the rustling of the grass The very shadows of the clouds Have power to shake me as they pass I question things and do not find One that will answer to my mind And all the world appears unkind. View quote
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The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills. View quote
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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after one the sound of rain and bees Murmuring the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky I have thought of all by turns, and yet do lie Sleepless. View quote
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At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. View quote
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The mightiest lever known to the moral world, imagination. (William Wordsworth)
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem; Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. View quote
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His high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright. View quote
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And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. View quote
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With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars. View quote
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Those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised. View quote
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The primal duties shine aloft, like stars The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. View quote
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That mighty orb of song, The divine Milton. View quote
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Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children. View quote
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Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial. View quote
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Small service is true service, while it lasts. (William Wordsworth)
Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind. View quote
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In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet.... View quote
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One in whom persuasion and belief Had ripened into faith, and faith become A passionate intuition. View quote
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Where is it now, the glory and the dream. View quote
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