Action is transitory-a step, a blow- The motion of a muscle-this way or that- 'Tis done; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed. (William Wordsworth)

Action is transitory-a step, a blow- The motion of a muscle-this way or that- 'Tis done; and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed.

William Wordsworth

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