"Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity,……" — William Wordsworth
"Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue."
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408 Quotes by William Wordsworth
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We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been…
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The child is the father of man.
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Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
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Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.
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Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."
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Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall…
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My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power…
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For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone.
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All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to…
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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.
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