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YES, THOU ART FAIR, YET BE NOT MOVED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Poet Analysis

Last Line: In sky, air, earth, and ocean.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; INSPIRATION;
Yes! thou art fair, yet be not moved
''aTo scorn the declaration,
That sometimes I in thee have loved
''aMy fancy's own creation.
Imagination needs must stir;
''aDear Maid, this truth believe,
Minds that have nothing to confer
''aFind little to perceive.
Be pleased that nature made thee fit
''aTo feed my heart's devotion,
By laws to which all Forms submit
''aIn sky, air, earth, and ocean.



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