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If This Great World Of Joy And Pain, By: William Wordsworth

July 1, 2024 by Editors

If This Great World Of Joy And Pain, By: William Wordsworth

If this great world of joy and pain
Revolve in one sure track;
If freedom, set, will rise again,
And virtue, flown, come back;
Woe to the purblind crew who fill
The heart with each day’s care;
Nor gain, from past or future, skill
To bear, and to forbear!

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