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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William
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Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight To me did seem Apparell'd in celestial light. The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it has been of yore; - Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more! The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet ...
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