All William Wordsworth Quotes
- Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. Funny
- A brotherhood of venerable trees. Brotherhood
- Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial. Aerial
- Books are the best type of the influence of the past. Best
- [Mathematics] is an independent world created out of pure intelligence. Created
- O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? Bird
- In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet. . . . Bird
- Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride. Art
- 'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not… Affliction
- But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things. Bitterness
- Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children. Airy
- As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main ocean… Accursed
- Up! up! my friend, and quit your books, Or surely you 'll grow double! Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks! Why all this… All
- Sweet childish days, that were as long, As twenty days are now. Childish
- There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead. Alone
- She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and oh The difference to me! Ceased
- Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee! . . . . . . Thy soul was like a star,… Apart
- Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure… Beauty
- As in the eye of Nature he has lived, So in the eye of Nature let him die! Die
- Oh for a single hour of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave! Day
- But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. Appear
- At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Common
- Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream. Day
- Wisdom married to immortal verse. Immortal
- The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream. Consecration