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The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.

The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. Inferred

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

InferredFuller’s words — “He pointed out to her how " The primal d uties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers."” — point to The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers., but she does not give the work’s full title or author here; the identification of the specific work is the editor’s.

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“He pointed out to her how " The primal d uties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. · p104

Inferred Fuller’s words — “He pointed out to her how " The primal d uties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers."” — point to The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers., but she does not give the work’s full title or author here; the identification of the specific work is the editor’s.

Also printed in Art, Literature, and the Drama (1869), p104; page given is to the 1869 reprint.