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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Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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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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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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Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
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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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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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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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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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The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.
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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 light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream.
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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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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.
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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
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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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And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.