A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among the her… - William Wordsworth

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among the herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind at this unhappy day Then all the pride of intellect and thought?

William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads.

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Also Known As: Bard of Rydal Mount

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How blessings brighten as they take their flight!

Books! tis a dull and endless strife:
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How sweet his music! on my life,
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