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William Wordsworth

4 free books by William Wordsworth. 2 you can read right here.

Born 1770 in Cockermouth · Died 1850 in Rydal Mount

writer, poet · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Notable works: The Prelude

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Lyrical Ballads

From Project Gutenberg e-text #8905 (public domain in the USA).

And he is no mean preacher; Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.

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One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man; Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

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Lyrical Ballads

From Project Gutenberg e-text #9622 (public domain in the USA).

On that best portion of a good man’s life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

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Sweet is the lore which nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things; --We murder to dissect.

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