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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
 Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
 Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
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 Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove,
 Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;
  Though solitary, who is not alone,
   But doth converse with that eternal love. 
 That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that 
he was ever less alone than read more 
 That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that 
he was ever less alone than when alone.
 [Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus 
solum quam cum solus esset.] 
 Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
 Some boundless contiguity of shade,
  Where rumour of oppression read more 
 Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
 Some boundless contiguity of shade,
  Where rumour of oppression and deceit,
   Of unsuccessful or successful war,
    Might never reach me more! 
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
 O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
 Let it not be among the jumbled heap
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 O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
 Let it not be among the jumbled heap
  Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,--
   Nature's observatory--whence the dell,
    In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
     May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
      'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap
       Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.