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The godhead which is ours Can never utterly be charmed or stilled; That nothing hath a natural right to last But equity and reason.

The godhead which is ours Can never utterly be charmed or stilled; That nothing hath a natural right to last But equity and reason.

Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
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 477 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: REASON—REASONS

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