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Quotation by William Wordsworth
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal (1800)Character of the Happy WarriorComposed Upon Westminster Bridge (written 1802, published 1807)"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" (written 1802, published 1807)Composed upon Westminster Bridge September 3, 1802Related Subjects
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No motion has she now, no force;
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled round in earth's diurnal course,
With rocks, and stones, and trees.
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled round in earth's diurnal course,
With rocks, and stones, and trees.
William Wordsworth (1770–1850), British poet. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal, st. 2 (1800).
This verse has been the subject of a literary dispute centering on Wordsworth's pantheism: is the death of the girl (Lucy) terrible because she is as inanimate as the earth's inert objects, or consoling because she is one with nature?
This verse has been the subject of a literary dispute centering on Wordsworth's pantheism: is the death of the girl (Lucy) terrible because she is as inanimate as the earth's inert objects, or consoling because she is one with nature?
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