Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Written on the roof of a coach, on my way to France BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like [...]
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Wordsworth in Boyne City, Michigan
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Getting and spending at the bank
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The World is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The [...]