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1770–1850

APOLOGY

William Wordsworth

Nor scorn the aid which Fancy oft doth lend The Soul's eternal interests to promote: Death, darkness, danger, are our natural lot; And evil Spirits may our walk attend

For aught the wisest know or comprehend; Then be good Spirits freeto breathe a note Of elevation; let their odours float Around these Converts; and their glories blend,

The midnight stars outshining,or the blaze Of the noon-day. Nor doubt that golden cords Of good works, mingling with the visions, raise The Soul to purer worlds: and who the line

Shall draw, the limits of the power define, That even imperfect faith to man affords?

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