A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels it… - William Wordsworth

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A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death?

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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She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love:

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From rash assault?

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A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death? - William Wordsworth

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