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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

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William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

IF this great world of joy and pain

Revolve in one sure track,

If Freedom, set, will rise again,

And Virtue flown, come back;

Woe to the purblind crew who fill

The heart with each day’s care,

Nor gain from Past or Future, skill

To bear and to forbear.