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Quote by William Wordsworth
The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending,

The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours. – William Wordsworth

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But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. – William Wordsworth

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