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William Wordsworth
Come forth into...
Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your Teacher.
Source: The Tables...
In that sweet...
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.
Source:...
Thought and theory...
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or...
The best portion...
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of...
Neither evil tongues,<br>Rash...
Neither evil tongues,
Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men,
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor...
The youth who...
The youth who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision...
The mightiest lever...
The mightiest lever known to the moral world, imagination.
Source: In Pearls of...
Is there not<br>An...
Is there not
An art, a music, and a stream of words
That shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of...
Getting and spending,...
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Source: Miscellaneous Sonnets,...
Give all thou...
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore
Of nicely-calculated less or more.
To me the...
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for...
Whither is fled...
Whither is fled the visionary gleam
Where is it now, the glory and the dream.
My heart leaps...
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...
For still, the...
For still, the more he works, the more
Do his weak ankles swell.
Source: Simon...
But an old...
But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy...
A youth to...
A youth to whom was given
So much of earth - so much of heaven,
And such impetuous...
My brain<br>Worked with...
My brain
Worked with a dim and undetermined sense
Of unknown modes of being.
All good poetry...
All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in...
Suffering is permanent,...
Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
Strongest minds<br>Are often...
Strongest minds
Are often those of whom the noisy world
Hears least.
Source:...