The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
William Wordsworth
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Excursion. Book ix.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations (1905)
- The Excursion. Book ix.
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