“Rapine, avarice, expense This is idolatry; and these we ador…”

“Rapine, avarice, expense This is idolatry; and these we adore: Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.”

— William Wordsworth

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Title: Wikiquote: William Wordsworth
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Context

Written in London, September 1802, l. 9 (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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