"Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters."
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"The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face."
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"How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold."
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"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her."
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"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar."
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"The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream."
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"And I am happy when I sing."
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"Thought 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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"That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind."
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"All that we behold is full of blessings."
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"A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides."
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"The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration."
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"Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life."
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"The ocean is a mighty harmonist."
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"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar."
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"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come."
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"The soft blue sky did never melt Into his heart; he never felt The witchery of the soft blue sky!"
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"To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears."
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"Habit rules the unreflecting herd."
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"The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind."
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