William Wordsworth Quotes
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Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.
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In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.
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The earth was all before me. With a heart Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty, I look about; and should the chosen guide Be nothing better than a wandering cloud, I cannot miss my way.
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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!
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Bright was the summer's noon when quickening steps Followed each other till a dreary moor Was crossed, a bare ridge clomb, upon whose top Standing alone, as from a rampart's edge, I overlooked the bed of Windermere, Like a vast river, stretching in the sun.
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Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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Write to me frequently & the longest letters possible; never mind whether you have facts or no to communicate; fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
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A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant to Nature.
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On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of images before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed.
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Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
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His love was like the liberal air, embracing all, to cheer and bless.
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As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
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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.
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Nor will I then thy modest grace forget, Chaste Snow-drop, venturous harbinger of Spring, And pensive monitor of fleeting years!
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Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.
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The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.
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Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science
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Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.
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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.
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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
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One in whom persuasion and belief Had ripened into faith, and faith become A passionate intuition.
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The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream.
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.