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Poems Of William Wordsworth: When I Have Borne

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William

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When I Have Borne

When I have borne in memory what has tamed Great nations; how ennobling thoughts depart When men change swords for ledgers, and desert The student's bower for gold, - some fears unnamed

I had, my Country! - am I to be blamed? Now, when I think of thee, and what thou art, Verily, in the bottom of my heart Of those unfilial fears I am ashamed.

For dearly must we prize thee; we who find In thee a bulwark for the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled:

What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or ...

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