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Quotation from Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth
“when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart”
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 3 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text)
He describes the restless city life from which the memory of the Wye has rescued him.
Citation: "when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart" — William Wordsworth, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, Verse paragraph 3 (Lyrical Ballads, 1798 text). (id tintern-abbey-q4)
Portrait: Tintern-abbey-by-william-havell, William Havell, Public domain.
