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Quotation from Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
“While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.”
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 2 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text)
The close of his description of the blessed mood in which the body seems laid asleep and the mind sees clearly.
Citation: "While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things." — William Wordsworth, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 2 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text). (id tintern-abbey-q3)
Portrait: Tintern-abbey-by-william-havell, William Havell, Public domain.
