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William Wordsworth Quotes: Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue.
         

Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue.


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