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

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William Wordsworth. (1770–1850) (continued)
 
4903
    A simple child
That lightly draws its breath,
And feels its life in every limb,
What should it know of death?
          We are Seven.
4904
    O Reader! had you in your mind
Such stores as silent thought can bring,
O gentle Reader! you would find
A tale in everything.
          Simon Lee.
4905
    I ’ve heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Hath oftener left me mourning.
          Simon Lee.
4906
    In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
          Lines written in Early Spring.
4907
    And ’t is my faith, that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
          Lines written in Early Spring.
4908
    Nor less I deem that there are Powers
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of ours
In a wise passiveness.
          Expostulation and Reply.
4909
    Up! up! my friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you ’ll grow double!
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks!
Why all this toil and trouble?
          The Tables Turned.
4910
    Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
          The Tables Turned.
4911
    One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
          The Tables Turned.
4912
    The bane of all that dread the Devil.
          The Idiot Boy.