William Wordsworth quotes - page 13

O be wiser, thou ! 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. (William Wordsworth)
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky. View quote
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For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. View quote
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Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home. View quote
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What we have loved, others will love, and we will teach them how; instruct them how the mind of man becomes a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells... View quote
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Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and its fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. View quote
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We take no note of time but from its loss. View quote
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Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched. View quote
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight! View quote
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Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares! View quote
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What is good for a bootless bene? (William Wordsworth)
To begin, begin. View quote
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The things which I have seen I now can see no more. View quote
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Strongest minds; Are often those of whom the noisy world; Hears least. View quote
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And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed. View quote
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And now I see with eye serene; The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death. View quote
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Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us. View quote
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All that we behold is full of blessings. View quote
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The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose. View quote
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Wisdom married to immortal verse. View quote
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I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell To which, in silence hushed, his very soul listened intensely for from within were heard Murmurings whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things, Of ebb and flow, and ever enduring power, And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless Agitation. (William Wordsworth)
My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. View quote
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Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made. View quote
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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells. View quote
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A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard; In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas; Among the farthest Hebrides. View quote
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