1. Romantic Poets of the 19th Century
Other famous poetry belonging to the same era also qualify as Romantic poetry based on the same definition, but none quite so fully as The World Is Too Much With Us. ... By way of the following quote, Wordsworth criticizes conventional religious orders as well as scientific thinking: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers, little we see in Nature that is ours: we have given our hearts away a sordid boon!... In yet another quote, Wordsworth expresses his disgust for controlled and limited thinking brought on by religious dogma: "Great God! ... The verses quoted clearly reflect...
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