“Imagination—here the Power so called / Through sad incompetence of human speech, / That awful Power rose from the mind’s abyss / Like an unfathered vapour that enwraps, / At once, some lonely traveller.”
Quote by William Wordsworth
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'PRELUDE: PTS. 1 2, PTS. OF'
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, and died on April 23, 1850. His poetry is renowned for its depiction of natural landscapes and profound expression of personal emotions and inner world. more
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