William Wordsworth Quotations
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''To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.''
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.''
''Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing boy.''
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing boy.''
''It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration;''
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration;''
''Or hast been summoned to the deep,
Thou, thou and all thy mates, to keep
An incommunicable sleep.''
Thou, thou and all thy mates, to keep
An incommunicable sleep.''
''Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.''
And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.''
''My apprehensions come in crowds;
I dread the rustling of the grass;
The very shadows of the clouds
Have power to shake me as they pass:''
I dread the rustling of the grass;
The very shadows of the clouds
Have power to shake me as they pass:''
''We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.''
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.''
''I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.''
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.''
Mark the babe
Not long accustomed to this breathing world;
One that hath barely learned to shape a smile,
Though yet irrational of soul, to grasp
With tiny finger—to let fall ...
Not long accustomed to this breathing world;
One that hath barely learned to shape a smile,
Though yet irrational of soul, to grasp
With tiny finger—to let fall ...
''They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.''
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.''
For by superior energies; more strict
Affiance in each other; faith more firm
In their unhallowed principles, the bad
Have fairly earned a victory o'er the weak,
The vacillating, i...
Affiance in each other; faith more firm
In their unhallowed principles, the bad
Have fairly earned a victory o'er the weak,
The vacillating, i...
''I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;''
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;''
I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of..