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The discipline of slavery is unknown Among us,—hence the more do we require The discipline of virtue; order else Cannot subsist, nor confidence, nor peace— Thus duties rising out of good possest, And prudent caution needful to avert Impending evil, equally require, That the whole people should be taught and trained. So shall licentiousness and black resolve Be rooted out, and virtuous habits take Their place; and genuine piety descend Like an inheritance, from age to age.
The discipline of slavery is unknown Among us,—hence the more do we require The discipline of virtue; order else Cannot subsist, nor confidence, nor peace— Thus duties rising out of good possest, And prudent caution needful to avert Impending evil, equally require, That the whole people should be taught and trained. So shall licentiousness and black resolve Be rooted out, and virtuous habits take Their place; and genuine piety descend Like an inheritance, from age to age.
Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- William Wordsworth
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- Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 645 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: VIRTUE
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