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William Wordsworth quotes: These hoards of wealth you can unlock at will. These hoards of wealth you can unlock at will.
William Wordsworth quotes: The things which I have seen I now can see no more. The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
William Wordsworth quotes: He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own. He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own.
William Wordsworth quotes: What we have loved Others will loveAnd we will teach them how. What we have loved
Others will love
And we will teach them how.
William Wordsworth quotes: What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out. What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
William Wordsworth quotes: Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion. Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion.
William Wordsworth quotes: But who shall parcel out His intellect by geometric rules, Split like a province into round and square? But who shall parcel out His intellect by geometric rules, Split like a province into round and square?
William Wordsworth quotes: But to a higher mark than song can reach,Rose this pure eloquence. But to a higher mark than song can reach,
Rose this pure eloquence.
William Wordsworth quotes: The mysteries that cups of flowers infoldAnd all the gorgeous sights which fairies do behold. The mysteries that cups of flowers infold
And all the gorgeous sights which fairies do behold.
William Wordsworth quotes: What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars. What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.
William Wordsworth quotes: A primrose by the river's brimA yellow rose was to him.And it was nothing more A primrose by the river's brim
A yellow rose was to him.
And it was nothing more
William Wordsworth quotes: We live by Admiration, Hope, and Love;And, even as these are well and wisely fixed,In dignity of being we ascend. We live by Admiration, Hope, and Love;
And, even as these are well and wisely fixed,
In dignity of being we ascend.
William Wordsworth quotes: Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy. Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy.
William Wordsworth quotes: One moment now may give us moreThan fifty years of reason;Our minds shall drink at every poreThe spirit of the season. One moment now may give us more
Than fifty years of reason;
Our minds shall drink at every pore
The spirit of the season.
William Wordsworth quotes: For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity. For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
William Wordsworth quotes: Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound. Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.
William Wordsworth quotes: The clouds that gather round the setting sun, Do take a sober colouring from an eye, That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality. The clouds that gather round the setting sun, Do take a sober colouring from an eye, That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality.
William Wordsworth quotes: The world is too much with us. The world is too much with us.
William Wordsworth quotes: Nor less I deem that there are PowersWhich of themselves our minds impress;That we can feed this mind of oursIn a wise passiveness Nor less I deem that there are Powers
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of ours
In a wise passiveness
William Wordsworth quotes: The hope Of active days urged on by flying hours, - The hope Of active days urged on by flying hours, -
William Wordsworth quotes: But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover. But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover.
William Wordsworth quotes: All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to please them. All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to please them.
William Wordsworth quotes: May books and nature be their early joy! May books and nature be their early joy!
William Wordsworth quotes: And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love. And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
William Wordsworth quotes: Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises. Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises.
William Wordsworth quotes: The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
William Wordsworth quotes: A babe, by intercourse of touch I held mute dialogues with my Mother's heart. A babe, by intercourse of touch I held mute dialogues with my Mother's heart.
William Wordsworth quotes: The memory of the just survives in Heaven. The memory of the just survives in Heaven.
William Wordsworth quotes: The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive! The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!
William Wordsworth quotes: Hope smiled when your nativity was cast,Children of Summer! Hope smiled when your nativity was cast,
Children of Summer!
William Wordsworth quotes: And we shall findA pleasure in the dimness of the stars. And we shall find
A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.
William Wordsworth quotes: The homely beauty of the good old causeIs gone The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone
William Wordsworth quotes: Alas! how little can a moment show Of an eye where feeling plays In ten thousand dewy rays: A face o'er which a thousand shadows go! Alas! how little can a moment show Of an eye where feeling plays In ten thousand dewy rays: A face o'er which a thousand shadows go!
William Wordsworth quotes: How does the meadow-flower its bloom unfold?Because the lovely little flower is freeDown to its root, and in that freedom bold. How does the meadow-flower its bloom
unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom
bold.
William Wordsworth quotes: The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.
William Wordsworth quotes: The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, You hear it now, if e'er you can. The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, You hear it now, if e'er you can.
William Wordsworth quotes: A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
William Wordsworth quotes: One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
William Wordsworth quotes: I had melancholy thoughts...a strangeness in my mind,A feeling that I was not for that hour,Nor for that place. I had melancholy thoughts...
a strangeness in my mind,
A feeling that I was not for that hour,
Nor for that place.
William Wordsworth quotes: The very flowers are sacred to the poor. The very flowers are sacred to the poor.
William Wordsworth quotes: Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.
William Wordsworth quotes: Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man. Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.
William Wordsworth quotes: I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deedsWith coldness still returning;Alas! the gratitude of menHas oftener left me mourning. I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Has oftener left me mourning.
William Wordsworth quotes: The child is the father of man. The child is the father of man.
William Wordsworth quotes: But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home. But trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.
William Wordsworth quotes: No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees. No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees.
William Wordsworth quotes: What are fears but voices airy?Whispering harm where harm is not.And deluding the unwaryTill the fatal bolt is shot! What are fears but voices airy?
Whispering harm where harm is not.
And deluding the unwary
Till the fatal bolt is shot!
William Wordsworth quotes: And I am happy when I sing. And I am happy when I sing.
William Wordsworth quotes: And in thy voice I catch the language of my former heart, and read my former pleasures in the shooting lights of thy wild eyes. And in thy voice I catch the language of my former heart, and read my former pleasures in the shooting lights of thy wild eyes.
William Wordsworth quotes: This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed. This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.
William Wordsworth quotes: Nature's old felicities. Nature's old felicities.
William Wordsworth quotes: Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author. Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author.
William Wordsworth quotes: Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge
William Wordsworth quotes: Dreams, books, are each a world. Dreams, books, are each a world.
William Wordsworth quotes: We not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particularway in which we have been accustomed to be pleased. We not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particular
way in which we have been accustomed to be pleased.
William Wordsworth quotes: There is creation in the eye. There is creation in the eye.
William Wordsworth quotes: Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality. Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality.
William Wordsworth quotes: For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude
William Wordsworth quotes: But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation.
William Wordsworth quotes: Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flowFor old, unhappy, far-off thingsAnd battles long ago. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things
And battles long ago.
William Wordsworth quotes: to be incapable of a feeling of poetry, in my sense of the word, is to be without love of human nature to be incapable of a feeling of poetry, in my sense of the word, is to be without love of human nature
William Wordsworth quotes: A light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove. A light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove.
William Wordsworth quotes: Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees. Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees.
William Wordsworth quotes: Faith is a passionate intuition. Faith is a passionate intuition.
William Wordsworth quotes: O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?
William Wordsworth quotes: I'll teach my boy the sweetest things;I'll teach him how the owlet sings. I'll teach my boy the sweetest things;
I'll teach him how the owlet sings.
William Wordsworth quotes: How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land! How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land!
William Wordsworth quotes: Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.
William Wordsworth quotes: Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs. Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.
William Wordsworth quotes: The power of any art is limited The power of any art is limited
William Wordsworth quotes: The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society. The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.
William Wordsworth quotes: Death is the quiet haven of us all. Death is the quiet haven of us all.
William Wordsworth quotes: It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration. It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration.
William Wordsworth quotes: But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant
William Wordsworth quotes: To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together ... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together ... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
William Wordsworth quotes: A deep distress has humanised my soul. A deep distress has humanised my soul.
William Wordsworth quotes: Books are the best type of the influence of the past. Books are the best type of the influence of the past.
William Wordsworth quotes: How is it that you live, and what is it you do? How is it that you live, and what is it you do?
William Wordsworth quotes: Brothers all In honour, as in one community, Scholars and gentlemen. Brothers all In honour, as in one community, Scholars and gentlemen.
William Wordsworth quotes: Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time. Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time.
William Wordsworth quotes: Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
William Wordsworth quotes: I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me. 'Tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead. I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me. 'Tis falsely said That there was ever intercourse Between the living and the dead.
William Wordsworth quotes: Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray.
William Wordsworth quotes: Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years! Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!
William Wordsworth quotes: True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart.
William Wordsworth quotes: A brotherhood of venerable trees. A brotherhood of venerable trees.
William Wordsworth quotes: And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.
William Wordsworth quotes: Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen. Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.
William Wordsworth quotes: A youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of heaven. A youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of heaven.
William Wordsworth quotes: Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee. Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.
William Wordsworth quotes: There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead. There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead.
William Wordsworth quotes: Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,We feel that we are greater than we know. Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know.
William Wordsworth quotes: The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart. The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
William Wordsworth quotes: Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue. Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue.
William Wordsworth quotes: The wealthiest man among us is the best The wealthiest man among us is the best
William Wordsworth quotes: The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream. The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream.
William Wordsworth quotes: The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains. The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains.
William Wordsworth quotes: And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few. And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few.
William Wordsworth quotes: I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
William Wordsworth quotes: The weight of sadness was in wonder lost. The weight of sadness was in wonder lost.

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