All William Wordsworth Quotes
- To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye. Builds
- Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs. Compassion
- A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. Ballad
- The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would… Alas
- The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun. Casts
- We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. Behind
- Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. Claimed
- Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men, moved slowly through the mind by day and were trouble to my dreams. Day
- No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees. Course
- Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity. Emotion
- Serene will be our days, and bright and happy will our nature be, when love is an unerring light, and joy its own security. Bright
- Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me… Confidence
- Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain That has been, and may be again. Been
- Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. Blend
- Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of… Blessing
- A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light Angel
- The vision and the faculty divine; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse. Accomplishment
- Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become… Asleep
- Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue. Ample
- For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over… Bad
- 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… Accustomed
- 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… Already Kindly
- The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing. Angel
- Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face. Common
- Who, doomed to go in company with Pain And Fear and Bloodshed,-miserable train!- Turns his necessity to glorious gain. Bloodshed