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Flower Quotes by William Wordsworth
- In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard seat And birds and flowers once more to greet. . . .
- '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…
- Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one…
- 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…
- Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
- I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How…
- The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.
- Bright flower! whose home is everywhere Bold in maternal nature's care And all the long year through the heir Of joy or sorrow, Methinks that…
- The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives.
- Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story: There's…
- That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor…
- The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
- To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
- How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
- Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find strength in…
More Flower Quotes
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- In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would,… — Diane Ackerman
- True love stories never have endings. — Richard Bach
- The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent… — Honore de Balzac
- The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine
- A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. — Honore de Balzac
- Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with… — Honore de Balzac
- Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. — Franklin P. Adams
- These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening will be a pitiful frivolity,… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
- For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb… — Edward Abbey
- I don't want to be stinky poo poo girl, I want to be happy flower child. — Drew Barrymore
- Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by… — Drew Barrymore