In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought. - William Wordsworth

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In ourselves our safety must be sought.
By our own right hand it must be wrought.

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About William Wordsworth

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Benjamin Haydon (Public domain / CC0)

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Also Known As: Bard of Rydal Mount
Alternative Names: Wordsworth

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