Quotes from William Wordsworth
Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth.
- William Wordsworth
On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing is solitude
- William Wordsworth
On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of images before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed.
- William Wordsworth
A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant to Nature.
- William Wordsworth
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.
- William Wordsworth
To the solid ground Of nature trusts the Mind that builds for aye.
- William Wordsworth
Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.
- William Wordsworth
Nature never did betrayThe heart that loved her.
- William Wordsworth
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
- William Wordsworth
Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.
- William Wordsworth
The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!
- William Wordsworth
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
- William Wordsworth