Earth Quote by William Wordsworth

“In heaven above, And earth below, they best can serve true gladness Who meet most feelingly the calls of sadness.”

William Wordsworth

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Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride.

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Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

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The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.

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And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all.

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The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.

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Give me strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.

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