John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Wordsworth. (1770–1850) (continued) |
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| Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. |
| The Excursion.Book iii. |
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| Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial. |
| The Excursion.Book iii. |
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| The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way! 1 |
| The Excursion.Book iii. |
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| Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children. |
| The Excursion.Book iii. |
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| And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
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| There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
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| Recognizes ever and anon The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul. |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
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| Pan himself, The simple shepherd’s awe-inspiring god! |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
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| I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with his native sea. 2 |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
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| So build we up the being that we are. |
| The Excursion.Book iv. |
| Note 1. See Quotation 4. [back] |
| Note 2. But I have sinuous shell of pearly hue; . . . . . Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polisht lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there. Walter Savage Landor: Gebir, book v. [back] |