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Wings have we—and as far as we can go, / We may find pleasure: wilderness and wood, / Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood / Which with the lofty, sanctifies the low.

Wings have we—and as far as we can go, / We may find pleasure: wilderness and wood, / Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood / Which with the lofty, sanctifies the low.

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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Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

Printed citation: Wordsworth. · page_556

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