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The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one The least of nature’s works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. O be wiser, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love; True dignity abides with him alone, Who in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself In lowliness of heart.
The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one The least of nature’s works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. O be wiser, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love; True dignity abides with him alone, Who in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself In lowliness of heart.
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 372 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: LOWLINESS
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