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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A critic is...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A critic is...

A critic is a louse in the locks of literature.

Source:
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A day may...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A day may...

A day may sink or save a realm.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And a dozen...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And a dozen...

And a dozen times we shook 'em off as a dog that shakes his ears
When he leaps from the water to the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And they blest...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And they blest...

And they blest him in their pain, that they were not left to Spain,
To the thumbscrew and the stake, for the glory...

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Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Emily Dickinson: Some keep the...

Some keep the Sabbath going to Church --
I keep it, staying at Home --
With a Bobolink for a Chorister --
And...

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Emily Dickinson: We must be...

Emily Dickinson: We must be...

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

Source: Letter, 1874; in...

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Robert Frost: No wonder poets...

Robert Frost: No wonder poets...

No wonder poets sometimes have to seem
So much more business-like than business men.
Their wares are so much...

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William Wordsworth: Come forth into...

William Wordsworth: Come forth into...

Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your Teacher.

Source: The Tables...

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William Wordsworth: The harvest of...

William Wordsworth: The harvest of...

The harvest of a quiet eye,
That broods and sleeps on his own heart.


Source: A...

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William Wordsworth: Who is the...

William Wordsworth: Who is the...

Who is the happy warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?


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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: The thought of...

William Wordsworth: The thought of...

The thought of our past years in me doth breed
Perpetual benedictions.


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: What though the...

William Wordsworth: What though the...

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring...

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William Wordsworth: A timely utterance...

William Wordsworth: A timely utterance...

A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
And I again am strong.


Source: Ode,...

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William Wordsworth: Surprised by joy...

William Wordsworth: Surprised by joy...

Surprised by joy - impatient as the wind
I turned to share the transport.


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William Wordsworth: Action is transitory...

William Wordsworth: Action is transitory...

Action is transitory - a step, a blow.
The motion of a muscle - this way or that -
'Tis done, and in the...

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William Wordsworth: I thought of...

William Wordsworth: I thought of...

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy,
The sleepless soul that perished in his...

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William Wordsworth: Lost in the...

William Wordsworth: Lost in the...

Lost in the gloom of uninspired research.

Source: The Excursion
-- William...

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William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

Thrice welcome, darling of the spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird, but an invisible thing,
A voice, a...

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William Wordsworth: Like an army...

William Wordsworth: Like an army...

Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated.


Source: Written in March.
--...

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