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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INSPIRATION OF QUIET, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Not love, not war, nor the tumultuous swell
Last Line: The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.
Variant Title(s): Placid Objects Of Contemplation
First Line: Not love, not war, nor the tumultuous swell
Last Line: The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.
Variant Title(s): Placid Objects Of Contemplation
NOT Love, not War, nor the tumultuous swell,
Of civil conflict, nor the wrecks of change,
Nor Duty struggling with afflictions strange --
Not these 'alone' inspire the tuneful shell;
But where untroubled peace and concord dwell,
There also is the Muse not loth to range,
Watching the twilight smoke of cot or grange,
Skyward ascending from a woody dell.
Meek aspirations please her, lone endeavour,
And sage content, and placid melancholy;
She loves to gaze upon a crystal river --
Diaphanous because it travels slowly;
Soft is the music that would charm for ever;
The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.
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