"Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils."
"I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy, Following his plough, along the mountain-side. By our own spirits we are deified; We Poets in our youth begin in gladness, But thereof come in the end despondency and madness."
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Source: 'Resolution and Independence' (1807) st. 7
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