One Lesson, Shepherd, let us two divide, Taught both by what she shews, and what conceals, Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of th… - William Wordsworth

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One Lesson, Shepherd, let us two divide,
Taught both by what she shews, and what conceals,
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

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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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