Quotes from William Wordsworth
They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils
- William Wordsworth
What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind;
- William Wordsworth
I heard a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts, Bring sad thoughts to the mind." William Wordsworth
- William Wordsworth
I have slept Weeping, and weeping I have waked; my tears Have flow'd as if my body were not such As others are, and I could never die.
- William Wordsworth
Trailing clouds of Glory do we come, from God, who is our home...
- William Wordsworth
How does the meadow-flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
- William Wordsworth
Getting and spending we lay waste our powers.
- William Wordsworth
Poetry is the image of man and nature
- William Wordsworth
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 religion breathing household laws.
- William Wordsworth
For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
- William Wordsworth
Far from the world I walk, and from all care.
- William Wordsworth
There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart.
- William Wordsworth