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William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

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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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William Wordsworth: The waves beside...

William Wordsworth: The waves beside...

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In...

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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: Scorn not the...

William Wordsworth: Scorn not the...

Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned,
Mindless of its just honours; with this key
Shakespeare unlocked...

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William Wordsworth: With gentle hand<br>Touch...

William Wordsworth: With gentle hand
Touch...

With gentle hand
Touch - for there is a spirit in the woods.


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their...

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William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong.

Source: Ode to Duty
-- William...

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William Wordsworth: Our birth is...

William Wordsworth: Our birth is...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,
Hath had elsewhere its...

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William Wordsworth: For by superior...

William Wordsworth: For by superior...

For by superior energies; more strict
Affiance in each other; faith more firm
In their unhallowed principles,...

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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: One impulse from...

William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages...

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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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Alexander Pope: Sir, I admit...

Alexander Pope: Sir, I admit...

Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool,
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every...

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Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring
Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess...

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Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Alexander Pope: Blest paper-credit! last...

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply!
That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!


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Alexander Pope: Awake my St...

Alexander Pope: Awake my St...

Awake my St John! Leave all meaner things
To low ambition, and the pride of kings.
Let us, since life can little...

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Alexander Pope: But let a...

Alexander Pope: But let a...

But let a lord once own the happy lines,
How the wit brightens! how the style refines!


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Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw:
Some livelier plaything...

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Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, V....

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