“From the sweet thoughts of home
And from all hope I was forever hurled.
For me—farthest from earthly port to roam
Was best, could I but shun the spot where man might come.”

— William Wordsworth

Guilt and Sorrow, st. 41 (1791-1794) Section XL

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English Romantic poet 1770–1850

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