More from William Wordsworth

  1. The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take, who have the power, And they should keep who can.
  2. From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled; Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay, And with the Tweed had travelled; And when…
  3. Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves.
  4. She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament.
  5. Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave; Forgive me if the phrase be strong;- A Poet worthy of Rob Roy Must scorn a timid song.
  6. A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears an…
  7. I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
  8. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine.

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