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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
A slumber did my spirit seal
I had no human fears:
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School

A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School
. A poet!--He hath put his heart to school,
Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff
Which art hath lodged within his…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

A Complaint

A Complaint
There is a change--and I am poor;
Your love hath been, nor long ago,
A fountain at my fond heart's door,
Whose only business was to flow;

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

A Night Thought

A Night Thought
Lo! where the Moon along the sky
Sails with her happy destiny;
Oft is she hid from mortal eye
Or dimly seen,
But when the clouds as…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh,

"With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh,"
With ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh,
Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed;
Some lying fast a…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower,

"Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower,"
Three years she grew in sun and shower,
Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower
On earth was never sown;
This Chil…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known

"Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known"
Strange fits of passion have I known:
And I will dare to tell,
But in the lover's ear alone,
What once to me befel…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

The World Is To Much With Us; Late and Soon

"The World Is To Much With Us; Late and Soon"
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nat…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways

"She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways"
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden d…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

A Whirl-Blast from Behind the Hill

"A Whirl-Blast from Behind the Hill"
A Whirl-Blast from behind the hill
Rushed o'er the wood with startling sound;
Then--all at once the air was still,
A…

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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth

Is ample, and some little might be stored

Is ample, and some little might be stored
Wherewith to cheer him in the winter time."
Thus talking of that Peasant, we approached
Close to the spot where with …

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Sonnet 30)

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (Sonnet 30)

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the …

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Witches Chant (from Macbeth)

Witches Chant (from Macbeth)

Round about the couldron go:
In the poisones entrails throw.
Toad,that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes (Sonnet 29)

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes (Sonnet 29)

When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble d…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Twelve O'Clock - Fairy time

Twelve O'Clock - Fairy time

Through the house give glimmering light
By the dead and drowsy fire;
Every elf and fairy sprite
hop as light as bird fr…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old

To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old

To me, fair Friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed
Such seems your beauty stil…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

The Rival Poet Sonnets (78 - 86)

The Rival Poet Sonnets (78 - 86)

LXXVIII

So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse
As every alien pe…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

The Passionate Pilgrim

The Passionate Pilgrim

I.
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some unt…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

The Procreation Sonnets (1 - 17)

The Procreation Sonnets (1 - 17)

I

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper sh…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Take, O take those Lips away

Take, O take those Lips away

TAKE, O take those lips away,
That so sweetly were forsworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead …

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

The Blossom

The Blossom

ON a day--alack the day!--
Love, whose month is ever May,
Spied a blossom passing fair
Playing in the wanton air:
Through the velv…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Spring

Spring


When daisies pied, and violets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver-white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight…

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

St. Crispin’s Day Speech: from Henry V

St. Crispin’s Day Speech: from Henry V

WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

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