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William Wordsworth
(1770-1850 / Cumberland / England)
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''The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold (l. 7-9). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden...
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''Imagination, which in truth
Is but another name for absolute power
And clearest insight, amplitude of mind,
And reason, in her most exalted mood.''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The Prelude; XIV. Conclusion (l. 189-192). . .
Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-...
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''The child is father of the man.''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold (written 1802, published 1807).
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''Instruct them how the mind of Man becomes
A thousand times more beautiful than the earth
On which he dwells,''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The Prelude; XIV. Conclusion (l. 448-450). . .
Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-...
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''My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold (l. 1-2). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden...
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''And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove's,
The one only dwelling on earth that she loves.''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The Reverie of Poor Susan (l. 11-12). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden, ed...
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''Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Room (l. 1). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. Joh...
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''Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know.''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The River Duddon. . .
The Poems; Vol. 2 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden, ed. (1977, repr. 1989)...
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''In truth the prison, unto which we doom
Ourselves, no prison is:''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Room (l. 8-9). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. J...
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''Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide;
The Forms remains, the Function never dies;''
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The River Duddon. . .
The Poems; Vol. 2 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden, ed. (1977, repr. 1989)...
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