May books and nature be their early joy!
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHTo character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together. Humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
More William Wordsworth Quotes
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Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.
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But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.
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Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
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Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
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Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence.
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But He is risen, a later star of dawn.
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Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.
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Prompt to move but firm to wait – knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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Memories -images and precious thoughts that shall not die and cannot be destroyed.
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And I am happy when I sing.
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One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.
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Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge – it is as immortal as the heart of man.
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As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
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