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The whole earth The beauty wore of promise—that which sets The budding rose above the rose full-blown.

The whole earth The beauty wore of promise—that which sets The budding rose above the rose full-blown.

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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My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)

Page 350 · printed citation: W. Wordsworth (The Prelude, Bk. XI). · compiler notes excluded

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