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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

4902 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:4902
AUTHOR:William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
QUOTATION:Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. 1
ATTRIBUTION:The Borderers. Act iv. Sc. 2.
WORKS:William Wordsworth Collection.
 
Note 1.
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!
The Excursion, book iii. [back]