William Wordsworth — "I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but h…"
I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
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From 'Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,' revealing a more mature and reflective, perhaps melancholic, appreciation of nature, intertwined with the complexities of human suffering.
Date: 1798
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