William wordsworth quotes quotations

Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, 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. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man; A motion and a spirit, that impels All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things.

Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear,—both what they half create, And what perceive; well pleased to recognise In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.

The storm came on before its time: She wandered up and down; And many a hill did Lucy climb: But never reached the town. Art Wall Artist. The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours. Nature Littles Too Much. Flower Air Breathe. Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.

Men Grieving Shade. Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. Power Waste Getting High. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar; -- William Wordsworth. Stars Sleep Soul.

William wordsworth quotes quotations

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. Nature Dark Suffering. Independent Math World. Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. Life Past Three. Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Positive Weed Wisdom. That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. Strength Time Flower. Fathers Day Father Names. Sweet childish days, that were as long, As twenty days are now.

Sweet Long Time Management. O Cuckoo! Voice Bird Cuckoos. A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight. Cheerful Delight Spirit. There's joy in the mountains: There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone. Rain Army Blue. The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.

Mother Growth Tears. And what if thou, sweet May, hast known Mishap by worm and blight; If expectations newly blown Have perished in thy sight; If loves and joys, while up they sprung, Were caught as in a snare; Such is the lot of all the young, However bright and fair. Sweet Sight Expectations. Since thy return, through days and weeks Of hope that grew by stealth, How many wan and faded cheeks Have kindled into health!

The Old, by thee revived, have said, 'Another year is ours;' And wayworn Wanderers, poorly fed, Have smiled upon thy flowers. Flower Years May. Flower Wind Sorrow. Look at the fate of summer flowers, which blow at daybreak, droop ere even-song. Summer Song Flower. In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet.

Sweet Flower Bird. The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society. Passion Together Empires. Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. Betrayal Shapes Danger. The memory of the just survives in Heaven. Memories Heaven. As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main ocean they, this deed accursed An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.

Friendship Teacher Ocean. Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children. Children My Children Airy. But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things. Spring Bitterness. A being breathing thoughtful breaths, A traveler between life and death. We hope you enjoyed our collection of William Wordsworth Quotes.

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Strong Quotes. We also have an impressive collection of poems from famous poets in our poetry section A deep distress hath humanized my Soul. William Wordsworth , British poet. Elegiac Stanzas l. The Poems; Vol. John O. Hayden, ed. I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain side: By our own spirits are we deified: We poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.