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Quotation from Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
“that best portion of a good man’s life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.”
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 2 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text)
He suggests that the remembered landscape may have quietly prompted small acts of goodness.
Citation: "that best portion of a good man’s life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love." — William Wordsworth, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 2 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text). (id tintern-abbey-q2)
Virtues: Charity
Portrait: Tintern-abbey-by-william-havell, William Havell, Public domain.
