Doctrine and Covenants, 131:7-8 (17 May 1843)
1840s
“The eye—it cannot choose but see;
we cannot bid the ear be still;
our bodies feel, where'er they be,
against or with our will.”
—
William Wordsworth
,
book
Lyrical Ballads
Expostulation and Reply, st. 5 (1798).
Source: Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800)
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