William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages...

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William Wordsworth: Huge and mighty...

William Wordsworth: Huge and mighty...

Huge and mighty forms, that do not live
Like living men, moved slowly through the mind
By day, and were a...

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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: Through the turnings...

William Wordsworth: Through the turnings...

Through the turnings intricate of verse,
Present themselves as objects recognised,
In flashes, and with glory...

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William Wordsworth: Will no one...

William Wordsworth: Will no one...

Will no one tell me what she sings?-
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far-off things
And...

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William Wordsworth: Sweet childish days,...

William Wordsworth: Sweet childish days,...

Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.


Source: To a...

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William Wordsworth: When from our...

William Wordsworth: When from our...

When from our better selves we have too long
Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop,
Sick of its business,...

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William Wordsworth: The stars of...

William Wordsworth: The stars of...

The stars of midnight shall be dear
To her; and she shall lean her ear
In many a secret...

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William Wordsworth: Characters of the...

William Wordsworth: Characters of the...

Characters of the great Apocalypse,
The types and symbols of Eternity,
Of first, and last, and midst, and...

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William Wordsworth: The good die...

William Wordsworth: The good die...

The good die first,
And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust,
Burn to the...

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William Wordsworth: Type of the...

William Wordsworth: Type of the...

Type of the wise who soar, but never roam;
True to the kindred points of heaven and...

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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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William Wordsworth: Three years she...

William Wordsworth: Three years she...

Three years she grew in sun and shower,
Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower
On earth was never sown;
This...

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William Wordsworth: Fair seed-time had...

William Wordsworth: Fair seed-time had...

Fair seed-time had my soul, and I grew up
Fostered alike by beauty and by fear.


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William Wordsworth: Small service is...

William Wordsworth: Small service is...

Small service is true service, while it lasts.

Source: To a Child, Written in her...

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William Wordsworth: Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim...

William Wordsworth: Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim...

Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!
Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?


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William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

Thrice welcome, darling of the spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird, but an invisible thing,
A voice, a...

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William Wordsworth: O blithe new-comer!...

William Wordsworth: O blithe new-comer!...

O blithe new-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice.
O cuckoo, shall I call thee bird,
Or but a...

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William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

William Wordsworth: Not in Utopia,...

Not in Utopia, - subterranean fields, -
Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world,...

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William Wordsworth: Like an army...

William Wordsworth: Like an army...

Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated.


Source: Written in March.
--...

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