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William Wordsworth: Continuous as the...

William Wordsworth: Continuous as the...

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way.


Source: I...

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William Wordsworth: Poetry is the...

William Wordsworth: Poetry is the...

Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance...

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William Wordsworth: With an eye...

William Wordsworth: With an eye...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of...

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William Wordsworth: The gods approve<br>The...

William Wordsworth: The gods approve
The...

The gods approve
The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.


Source: Laodamia,...

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William Wordsworth: I heard a...

William Wordsworth: I heard a...

I heard a thousand blended notes
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant...

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William Wordsworth: We poets in...

William Wordsworth: We poets in...

We poets in our youth begin in gladness;
But thereof comes in the end despondency and...

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William Wordsworth: That which sets...

William Wordsworth: That which sets...

That which sets . . . The budding rose above the rose full blown.

Source: The...

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William Wordsworth: Not Chaos, not<br>The...

William Wordsworth: Not Chaos, not
The...

Not Chaos, not
The darkest pit of lowest Erebus,
Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out
By help of dreams...

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William Wordsworth: Sweet childish days,...

William Wordsworth: Sweet childish days,...

Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.


Source: To a...

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J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

J B Priestley: Depending upon shock...

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for...

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George Farquhar: Poetry is a...

George Farquhar: Poetry is a...

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Source: Pamphlet, in Love and a Bottle, act 3, sc....

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forgive! How...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forgive! How...

Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find
A sort of absolution in the sound
To hate a little...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Like glimpses of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Like glimpses of...

Like glimpses of forgotten dreams.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live pure, speak...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live pure, speak...

Live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King -
Else, wherefore born?


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Not once or twice in our rough island-story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Man is the...

Man is the hunter; woman is his game:
The sleek and shining creatures of the chase,
We hunt them for the beauty...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: One God, one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: One God, one...

One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Such a one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Such a one...

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was to love.

Source: Locksley Hall.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O plump head-waiter...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O plump head-waiter...

O plump head-waiter at The Cock,
To which I most resort
How goes the time? 'Tis five o'clock.
Go fetch a pint...

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