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William Shakespeare: The mutable, rank-scented...

William Shakespeare: The mutable, rank-scented...

The mutable, rank-scented many.

Source: Coriolanus, III. i. (65).
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: A walking shadow,...

William Shakespeare: A walking shadow,...

A walking shadow, a poor player,
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no...

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William Shakespeare: Thou hast nor...

William Shakespeare: Thou hast nor...

Thou hast nor youth nor age;
But, as it were, an after-dinner's sleep,
Dreaming on...

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William Shakespeare: Wisely and slow;...

William Shakespeare: Wisely and slow;...

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.

Source: Romeo and Juliet, II. iii....

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William Shakespeare: But, soft! what...

William Shakespeare: But, soft! what...

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the...

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William Shakespeare: As in a...

William Shakespeare: As in a...

As in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters...

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William Shakespeare: This is the...

William Shakespeare: This is the...

This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.

Source: The Taming of the Shrew, IV....

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William Wordsworth: No motion has...

William Wordsworth: No motion has...

No motion has she now, no force;
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled around in earth's diurnal course,
With...

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William Wordsworth: Happier of happy...

William Wordsworth: Happier of happy...

Happier of happy though I be, like them
I cannot take possession of the sky,
Mount with a thoughtless impulse,...

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William Wordsworth: Farewell, farewell the...

William Wordsworth: Farewell, farewell the...

Farewell, farewell the heart that lives alone,
Housed in a dream, at distance from the...

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William Wordsworth: The mind that...

William Wordsworth: The mind that...

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

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William Wordsworth: I have submitted...

William Wordsworth: I have submitted...

I have submitted to a new control:
A power is gone, which nothing can restore;
A deep distress hath humanised my...

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William Wordsworth: Poetry is the...

William Wordsworth: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in...

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William Wordsworth: The dew was...

William Wordsworth: The dew was...

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink;
I heard a voice; it said `Drink, pretty creature,...

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William Wordsworth: Small circles glittering...

William Wordsworth: Small circles glittering...

Small circles glittering idly in the moon,
Until they melted all into one track
Of sparkling...

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William Wordsworth: There is<br>One great...

William Wordsworth: There is
One great...

There is
One great society alone on earth:
The noble living and the noble dead.


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William Wordsworth: Behold her, single...

William Wordsworth: Behold her, single...

Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!


Source: The...

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William Wordsworth: Fair seed-time had...

William Wordsworth: Fair seed-time had...

Fair seed-time had my soul, and I grew up
Fostered alike by beauty and by fear.


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William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

Not in Utopia, - subterranean fields, -
Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world,...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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