William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth: Twas pastime to...

William Wordsworth: Twas pastime to...

Twas pastime to be bound
Within the sonnet's scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs...

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William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their...

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William Wordsworth: Like a sea-beast...

William Wordsworth: Like a sea-beast...

Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf
Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun...

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William Wordsworth: Stern Daughter of...

William Wordsworth: Stern Daughter of...

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God!
O Duty! if that name thou love
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check...

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William Wordsworth: Another race hath...

William Wordsworth: Another race hath...

Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its...

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William Wordsworth: Earth has not...

William Wordsworth: Earth has not...

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its...

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William Wordsworth: A flock of...

William Wordsworth: A flock of...

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain and bees
Murmuring; the fall of...

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William Wordsworth: She dwelt among...

William Wordsworth: She dwelt among...

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A maid whom there were none to praise
And very...

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William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong.

Source: Ode to Duty
-- William...

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William Wordsworth: Our birth is...

William Wordsworth: Our birth is...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life's star,
Hath had elsewhere its...

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William Wordsworth: The child is...

William Wordsworth: The child is...

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

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William Wordsworth: Blessed barrier between...

William Wordsworth: Blessed barrier between...

Blessed barrier between day and day.

Source: Miscellaneous Sonnets, I. 14, `To...

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William Wordsworth: A perfect woman,...

William Wordsworth: A perfect woman,...

A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.


Source: She...

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William Wordsworth: Me this unchartered...

William Wordsworth: Me this unchartered...

Me this unchartered freedom tires;
I feel the weight of chance-desires:
My hopes no more must change their...

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William Wordsworth: A power is...

William Wordsworth: A power is...

A power is passing from the earth
To breathless Nature's dark abyss;
But when the great and good depart,
What...

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William Wordsworth: And O, ye...

William Wordsworth: And O, ye...

And O, ye fountains, meadows, hills and groves,
Forebode not any severing of our loves!
Yet in my heart of...

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William Wordsworth: Ne'er saw I,...

William Wordsworth: Ne'er saw I,...

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem...

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William Wordsworth: She was a...

William Wordsworth: She was a...

She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition, sent
To be a moment's...

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William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

Behold the child among his new-born blisses,
A six-years' darling of a pigmy size!


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William Wordsworth: Mighty poets in...

William Wordsworth: Mighty poets in...

Mighty poets in their misery dead.

Source: Resolution and Independence, 17
--...

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