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William Wordsworth: She seemed a...

William Wordsworth: She seemed a...

She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years.

Source: In The...

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William Wordsworth: The waves beside...

William Wordsworth: The waves beside...

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In...

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William Wordsworth: We must be...

William Wordsworth: We must be...

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton...

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William Wordsworth: One in whom...

William Wordsworth: One in whom...

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate...

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William Wordsworth: And now I...

William Wordsworth: And now I...

And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller...

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William Wordsworth: The silence that...

William Wordsworth: The silence that...

The silence that is in the starry sky,
The sleep that is among the lonely hills.


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William Wordsworth: My apprehensions come...

William Wordsworth: My apprehensions come...

My apprehensions come in crowds;
I dread the rustling of the grass;
The very shadows of the clouds
Have power...

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William Wordsworth: Behold her, single...

William Wordsworth: Behold her, single...

Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!


Source: The...

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William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

William Wordsworth: Still longed for,...

Still longed for, never seen.

Source: To the Cuckoo
-- William Wordsworth, (Apr...

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George Bernard Shaw: The worst sin...

George Bernard Shaw: The worst sin...

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of...

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James Matthew Barrie: If 'Hamlet' had...

James Matthew Barrie: If 'Hamlet' had...

If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at...

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Christopher Fry: Comedy is an...

Christopher Fry: Comedy is an...

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

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Christopher Fry: Imagination is the...

Christopher Fry: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

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Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Thornton Wilder: Seek the lofty...

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

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Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the...

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Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Behold a man...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Behold a man...

Behold a man raised up by Christ.

Source: In Memoriam, 31 (Note: the stanza numbers...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And is there...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And is there...

And is there any moral shut
Within the bosom of the rose?


Source: The Day-Dream,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Birds in the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Birds in the...

Birds in the high Hall-garden
When twilight was falling,
Maud, Maud, Maud, Maud,
They were crying and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Source: The Higher...

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