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Knowing that Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.
The heart that loved her.
Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey
As in the eye of Nature he has lived,
So in the eye of Nature let him die!
So in the eye of Nature let him die!
The Old Cumberland Beggar
Two voices are there: one is of the sea,
One of the mountains, each a mighty voice.
One of the mountains, each a mighty voice.
Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.
Intimations of Immortality
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