Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark… - William Wordsworth

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Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.

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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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And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much,
The self-sufficing power of solitude.

A natureza nunca traiu o coração que amava.

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