If this great world of joy and pain

by William Wordsworth

If this great world of joy and pain
    Revolve in one sure track;
If freedom, set, will rise again,
    And virtue, flown, come back;
Woe to the purblind crew who fill
    The heart with each day's care;
Nor gain, from past or future, skill
    To bear, and to forbear!


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