William Wordsworth

“ Our threescore years and ten.
To humbleness of heart descends
This prescience from on high,
The faith that elevates the just,
Before and when they die;
And makes each soul a separate heaven,
A court for Deity. ”

“ We all stood to look at Glow-worm Rock — a primrose that grew there, and just looked out on the road from its own sheltered bower." The primrose had disappeared when the Fenwick note was dictated, and the glow-worms have almost deserted the district; but the Rock is unmistakable, and is one of the most interesting of the spots connected with Wordsworth in the Lake District. — Ed
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”