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Quotation from Poems, in Two Volumes by William Wordsworth

“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:”

William Wordsworth (spoken by The speaker)

Poems, in Two Volumes, Sonnet, Volume I (Gutenberg #8774 and #8824: Poems, in Two Volumes (London: Longman, 1807))

The opening complaint against worldliness.

Citation: "The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:" — William Wordsworth, Poems, in Two Volumes, Sonnet, Volume I (Gutenberg #8774 and #8824: Poems, in Two Volumes (London: Longman, 1807)). (id poems-in-two-volumes-q1)

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