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Memories... images and precious thoughts that shall not die and cannot be destroyed.

Memories... images and precious thoughts that shall not die and cannot be destroyed.

William Wordsworth
Death, Memories, Headstone
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.615

And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.

William Wordsworth
Memories, Soul, Passed Away
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.615

The memory of the just survives in Heaven.

William Wordsworth
Memories, Heaven
William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.863, Wordsworth Editions

I should dread to disfigure the beautiful ideal of the memories of illustrious persons with incongruous features, and to sully the imaginative purity of classical works with gross and trivial recollections.

William Wordsworth
Beautiful, Memories, Purity
William Wordsworth, Robert Burns (1816). “A letter to a friend of Robert Burns occasioned by an intended republication of the account of the life of Burns, by dr. Currie [in The works of Robert Burns].”, p.18

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.

William Wordsworth
Sweet, Memories, Heart
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.239

Meek Walton's heavenly memory.

William Wordsworth
Memories, Meek, Heavenly
William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.306

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