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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4930 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4930
AUTHOR:William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
QUOTATION:As if the man had fixed his face,
In many a solitary place,
Against the wind and open sky!
ATTRIBUTION: 1
WORKS:William Wordsworth Collection.
 
Note 1.
The original edition (London, 1819, 8vo) had the following as the fourth stanza from the end of Part i., which was omitted in all subsequent editions:—

Is it a party in a parlour?
Crammed just as they on earth were crammed,—
Some sipping punch, some sipping tea,
But, as you by their faces see,
All silent and all damned. [back]