''The horse is taught his manage, and no star
Of wildest course but treads back his own steps;''
Of wildest course but treads back his own steps;''
William Wordsworth Quotations
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Not in Utopia,—subterranean Fields,—
Or some secreted Island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world, which is the world
Of all of us,—the place where in the end
Or some secreted Island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world, which is the world
Of all of us,—the place where in the end
''There is a comfort in the strength of love;
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart:''
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart:''
''A work which is not here: a covenant
'Twill be between us; but, whatever fate
Befal thee, I shall love thee to the last,
And bear thy memory with me to the grave."''
'Twill be between us; but, whatever fate
Befal thee, I shall love thee to the last,
And bear thy memory with me to the grave."''
''Our Luke shall leave us, Isabel; the land
Shall not go from us, and it shall be free;
He shall possess it, free as is the wind
That passes over it.''
Shall not go from us, and it shall be free;
He shall possess it, free as is the wind
That passes over it.''
''could not even sustain
Some casual shout that broke the silent air,
Or the unimaginable touch of Time.''
Some casual shout that broke the silent air,
Or the unimaginable touch of Time.''
Oh! mystery of man, from what a depth
Proceed thy honours. I am lost, but see
In simple childhood something of the base
On which thy greatness stands; but this I feel,
That from th...
Proceed thy honours. I am lost, but see
In simple childhood something of the base
On which thy greatness stands; but this I feel,
That from th...
''From low to high doth dissolution climb,
And sink from high to low, along a scale
Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail;''
And sink from high to low, along a scale
Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail;''
''I should need
Colours and words that are unknown to man,
To paint the visionary dreariness''
Colours and words that are unknown to man,
To paint the visionary dreariness''
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is f...
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is f...
The power, which all
Acknowledge when thus moved, which Nature thus
To bodily sense exhibits, is the express
Resemblance of that glorious faculty
That higher minds bear with them a...
Acknowledge when thus moved, which Nature thus
To bodily sense exhibits, is the express
Resemblance of that glorious faculty
That higher minds bear with them a...
