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Plain Living, High Thinking
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Written in London. September, 1802
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
August 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
This is idolatry; and these we adore:
Plain living and high thinking are no more:
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM