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William Wordsworth: Tax not the...

William Wordsworth: Tax not the...

Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense.

Source: Ecclesiastical Sonnets, III....

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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: A flock of...

William Wordsworth: A flock of...

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of...

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William Wordsworth: Mighty poets in...

William Wordsworth: Mighty poets in...

Mighty poets in their misery dead.

Source: Resolution and Independence, 17
--...

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William Wordsworth: There was a...

William Wordsworth: There was a...

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparelled...

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William Wordsworth: The good die...

William Wordsworth: The good die...

The good die first,
And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust,
Burn to the...

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Robert Browning: I trust in...

Robert Browning: I trust in...

I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn garner to the end of...

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Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within.


Source: c.1864,...

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Emily Dickinson: If I can...

Emily Dickinson: If I can...

If I can stop one Heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one...

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Emily Dickinson: This is the...

Emily Dickinson: This is the...

This is the Hour of Lead --
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow --
First --Chill...

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Emily Dickinson: No Life can...

Emily Dickinson: No Life can...

No Life can pompless pass away --
The lowliest career
To the same Pageant wends its way
As that exalted here...

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J August Strindberg: Silence hides nothing....

J August Strindberg: Silence hides nothing....

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.

Source: 'Ghost Sonata'
-- J August...

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J August Strindberg: Why is it...

J August Strindberg: Why is it...

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

The world which credits what is done
Is cold to all that might have been.


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William Wordsworth: A youth to...

William Wordsworth: A youth to...

A youth to whom was given
So much of earth - so much of heaven,
And such impetuous...

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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Alexander Pope: An excuse is...

Alexander Pope: An excuse is...

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

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Alexander Pope: Alike reserved to...

Alexander Pope: Alike reserved to...

Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend;
Dreading e'en fools, by...

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Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

Alexander Pope: And you, brave...

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath
Shall feel your ruling passion strong in...

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Alexander Pope: He saw, he...

Alexander Pope: He saw, he...

He saw, he wish'd, and to the prize aspir'd.
Resolv'd to win, he meditates the way,
By force to ravish, or by...

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