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Whether men sow or reap the fields, Her admonitions nature yields; That not by bread alone we live, Or what a hand of flesh can give; That every day should leave some part Free for a Sabbath of the heart; So shall the seventh be truly blest, From morn to eve with hallowed rest.
Whether men sow or reap the fields, Her admonitions nature yields; That not by bread alone we live, Or what a hand of flesh can give; That every day should leave some part Free for a Sabbath of the heart; So shall the seventh be truly blest, From morn to eve with hallowed rest.
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 511 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: SABBATH
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