Quotes from William Wordsworth

And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home.

In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.

The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene, The memory of what has been, And never more will be.

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

This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.

All that we behold is full of blessings.

I listen'd, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.