William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
To the Small Celandine.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book”
— Jeff Lindsay, book Dearly Devoted Dexter
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