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William Wordsworth: From low to...

William Wordsworth: From low to...

From low to high doth dissolution climb.

Source: Ecclesiastical Sonnets, III. 34,...

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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: Twas pastime to...

William Wordsworth: Twas pastime to...

Twas pastime to be bound
Within the sonnet's scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs...

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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: 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: Thy soul was...

William Wordsworth: Thy soul was...

Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart.

Source: Sonnets, 'Milton! thou...

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William Wordsworth: The immeasurable height<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: The immeasurable height
Of...

The immeasurable height
Of woods decaying, never to be decayed,
The stationary blasts of...

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William Wordsworth: Where the statue...

William Wordsworth: Where the statue...

Where the statue stood
Of Newton with his prism and silent face,
The marble index of a mind for ever
Voyaging...

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William Wordsworth: Spirits overwrought<br>Were making...

William Wordsworth: Spirits overwrought
Were making...

Spirits overwrought
Were making night do penance for a day
Spent in a round of strenuous...

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William Wordsworth: Three years she...

William Wordsworth: Three years she...

Three years she grew in sun and shower,
Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower
On earth was never sown;
This...

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William Wordsworth: Pleasures newly found...

William Wordsworth: Pleasures newly found...

Pleasures newly found are sweet
When they lie about our feet.


Source: To the...

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Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of...

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George Bernard Shaw: Newspapers are unable,...

George Bernard Shaw: Newspapers are unable,...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of...

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James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: A government which...

George Bernard Shaw: A government which...

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

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George Bernard Shaw: Cusins is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Cusins is a...

Cusins is a very nice fellow, certainly: nobody would ever guess that he was born in...

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George Bernard Shaw: My reputation grew...

George Bernard Shaw: My reputation grew...

My reputation grew with every failure.

Source: Referring to his unsuccessful early...

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Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

Charlotte Bronte: I am always...

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
--...

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Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

Source:...

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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