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... homely joys ' , gave promise then of something fresh in the dying climate of Neo - Classicism , pointing as it did to Wordsworth and to the whole Romantic Age . And there is everywhere , in almost embarrassing profusion , fine and noble ...
... homely joys ' , gave promise then of something fresh in the dying climate of Neo - Classicism , pointing as it did to Wordsworth and to the whole Romantic Age . And there is everywhere , in almost embarrassing profusion , fine and noble ...
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... homely joys , and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile , The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldy , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er Await alike th ' inevitable ...
... homely joys , and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile , The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldy , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er Await alike th ' inevitable ...
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