Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHThought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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May books and nature be their early joy!
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Prompt to move but firm to wait – knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.
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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be.
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How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
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And I am happy when I sing.
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The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet’s dream.
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The memory of the just survives in Heaven.
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There is creation in the eye.
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As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
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Love betters what is best.
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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!
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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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A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.
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