The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHMay books and nature be their early joy!
More William Wordsworth Quotes
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Let Nature be your teacher.
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He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,- The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together. Humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
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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 Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
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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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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
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The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet’s dream.
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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!
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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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Love betters what is best.
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To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
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But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation.
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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What we have loved Others will love And we will teach them how.
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As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
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