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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it – low, vulgar, meddling with everything, assuming universal competency, and flattering every base passion – and sneering at everything noble refined and truly national.
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Assume Begun Common Everything House Low Made Meddling Prophecies See Universal Verify Vulgar
The Eighth Commandment was not made for bards.
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Bard Commandment Eight Made
Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.
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Easy Persecution Very Virtue
Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people, because they have a power of looking at such persons as objects of amusement of another race altogether.
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Amusement Annoy Company Look Men Object People Person Race
It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree. Its fruits are not of one season only. With the due and natural intervals.
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Affirm Almost Book Excellent Good Hold Like Milton Quality Remark Say Truth Well
The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.
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Family Father Heavenly Light Love Mother Same Softer
Nothing can permanently please, which doesn’t contain in itself the reason why it is so, and not otherwise.
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Contain Nothing Otherwise Permanently Reason
Either we have an immortal soul, or we have not. If we have not, we are beasts,–the first and the wisest of beasts, it may be, but still true beasts.
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Beast Either First Immortal Soul True Wisedt
A bitter and perplexed “What shall I do?” Is worse to man than worse necessity.
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Bitter Man Necessity Perplex Shall Whose
In many ways doth the full heart reveal The presence of the love it would conceal.
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Conceal Full Heart Love Many Presence Reveal Way
There is in every human countenance either a history or a prophecy which must sadden, or at least soften every reflecting observer.
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Countenance Every History Human Least Observer Often Prophecy Reflect Saden
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if,when you awoke,you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
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Beautiful Flower Heaven Pluck Sleep Slept Strange Went
A man’s as old as he’s feeling. A woman as old as she looks.
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Feel Look Man Old She Woman
A sight to dream of, not to tell!
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Dream Lie Sight
The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers.
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Absolute First Great Requisite Sincerity
To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.
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Beloved Indeed Need

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