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The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

----From I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.
---William Wordsworth

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Exuberance is beauty.
----William Blake

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I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
---William Blake

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The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest— Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast.

----William Wordsworth

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Society has parted man from man, neglectful of the universal heart.
-----William Wordsworth

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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
---William Wordsworth

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