Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHBut He is risen, a later star of dawn.
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The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet’s dream.
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How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
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Prompt to move but firm to wait – knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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Faith is a passionate intuition.
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But who is innocent? By grace divine, Not otherwise,O Nature! we are thine.
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The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
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Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.
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We live by admiration, hope and love.
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Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.
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Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.
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And I am happy when I sing.
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Wisdom married to immortal verse.
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