Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.
— William Wordsworth Modern

Romantic poet

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The Prelude, Book I

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1805 (published 1850)

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14541/14541-h/14541-h.htm

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