“Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
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- Title
- Wikiquote: William Wordsworth
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Context
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, l. 11 (wr. 1802; pub. 1807)
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Wordsworth, William. (n.d.). Wikiquote: William Wordsworth. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth
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