Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHType of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
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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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Love betters what is best.
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The memory of the just survives in Heaven.
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Mathematics is an independent world created out of pure intelligence.
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We have within ourselves Enough to fill the present day with joy, And overspread the future years with hope.
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My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer’s joy.
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Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch’d in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.
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Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence.
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Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.
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But who is innocent? By grace divine, Not otherwise,O Nature! we are thine.
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Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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The education of circumstances is superior to that of intuition.
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