William Wordsworth Quotes

Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive.

On a fair prospect some have looked, And felt, as I have heard them say, As if the moving time had been A thing as steadfast as the scene On which they gazed themselves away.

Therefore, let the moon shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty-mountain winds be free to blow against thee.

Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.

The heavy weight of many a weary day Not mine, and such as were not made for me.

The music in my heart I bore
Long after it was heard no more.

A deep distress hath humanised my soul.

The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.

...The happy Warrior... is the generous Spirit, who, when brought among the tasks of real life, hath wrought upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: whose high endeavors are an inward light that makes the path before him always bright.

Poetry is the image of man and nature

————————Who he was That piled these stones, and with the mossy sod First covered, and here taught this aged Tree With its dark arms to form a circling bower, I well remember.—He was one who owned No common soul. In youth by science nursed. And led by nature into a wild scene Of lofty hopes, he to the world went forth A favoured Being, knowing no desire Which genius did not hallow; 'gainst the taint Of dissolute tongues, and jealousy, and hate, And scorn,—against all enemies prepared, All but neglect. The world, for so it thought, Owed him no service; wherefore he at once With indignation turned himself away, And with the food of pride sustained his soul In solitude.

That inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude.

And 't is my faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.

To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind that builds for aye.