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Quotes from Memorials of a Tour in Scotland — William Wordsworth

1770–1850 England

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For why? because the good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep, who can.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven
This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;
The rueful conflict, the heart riven
With vain endeavour,
And memory of earth's bitter leaven
Effaced forever.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

A famous man is Robin Hood,
The English ballad-singer's joy.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

A brotherhood of venerable trees.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

And stepping westward seemed to be
A kind of heavenly destiny.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

Burn all the statutes and their shelves:
They stir us up against our kind;
And worse, against ourselves.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep who can.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

I listened, motionless and still;
And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

The Eagle, he was lord above,
And Rob was lord below.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave;
Forgive me if the phrase be strong;—
A Poet worthy of Rob Roy
Must scorn a timid song.

Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)

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