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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To love one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To love one...

To love one maiden only, cleave to her,
And worship her by years of noble deeds,
Until they won...

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William Wordsworth: You must love...

William Wordsworth: You must love...

You must love him, ere to you
He will seem worthy of your love.


Source: A Poet's...

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Oscar Wilde: One can only...

Oscar Wilde: One can only...

One can only give an unbiased opinion about things that do not interest one, which is no doubt the reason an unbiased...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial...

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Oscar Wilde: When the gods...

Oscar Wilde: When the gods...

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Source: Sir Robert...

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Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is...

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Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning.

Source: The Critic as Artist, Pt...

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William Wordsworth: How does the...

William Wordsworth: How does the...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that...

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William Wordsworth: Heaven lies about...

William Wordsworth: Heaven lies about...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing...

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William Wordsworth: I am already...

William Wordsworth: I am already...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can...

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William Wordsworth: Hearing often-times<br>The still,...

William Wordsworth: Hearing often-times
The still,...

Hearing often-times
The still, sad music of humanity,
Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power
To chasten...

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William Wordsworth: For I have...

William Wordsworth: For I have...

For I have learned
To look on nature, not as in the hour
Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes
The...

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William Wordsworth: He spake of...

William Wordsworth: He spake of...

He spake of love, such love as spirits feel
In worlds whose course is equable and pure;
No fears to beat away -...

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William Wordsworth: I have felt<br>A...

William Wordsworth: I have felt
A...

I have felt
A presence that disturbs me with the joy
Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime
Of something far...

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William Wordsworth: A perfect woman,...

William Wordsworth: A perfect woman,...

A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.


Source: She...

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William Wordsworth: She was a...

William Wordsworth: She was a...

She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment's...

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William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

Behold the child among his new-born blisses,
A six-years' darling of a pigmy size!


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William Wordsworth: Earth fills her...

William Wordsworth: Earth fills her...

Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own:
Yearnings she hath in her own natural...

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William Wordsworth: Fears and fancies...

William Wordsworth: Fears and fancies...

Fears and fancies thick upon me came.

Source: Resolution and Independence, 4
--...

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William Wordsworth: Provoke<br>The years to...

William Wordsworth: Provoke
The years to...

Provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke.


Source: Ode. Intimations of...

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