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Theresa [or Teresa] of Avila

St. Teresa, the great Catholic mystic, writer, and originator of the Carmelite Reform, was born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain, on March 28, 1515. Her mother died in 1529, and under the guidance of her

Lines Written in Her Breviary

by Theresa [or Teresa] of Avila (1515–82)

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Let nothing disturb thee,

Nothing affright thee;

All things are passing;

God never changeth;

Patient endurance

Attaineth to all things;

Who God possesseth
In nothing is wanting;
Alone God sufficeth.

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What poet famously described his poetry as using "the real language of men"?

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William Wordsworth. The phrase comes from the famous preface affixed to Lyrical Ballads.

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