William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworthwas a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 April 1770
spring bitterness
But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.
tree brotherhood
A brotherhood of venerable trees.
white snow saws
By happy chance we saw A twofold image: on a grassy bank A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood Another and the same!
life-and-love eye romantic-love
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
romance sitting sole
Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.
sadness heaven sorrow
In heaven above, And earth below, they best can serve true gladness Who meet most feelingly the calls of sadness.
ocean land sea
Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.
pride sorrow pleasure
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
nature prayer kindness
. . .this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
nature heart years
Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy.
nature blow moon
Let the moon shine on the in thy solitary walk; and let the misty mountain-winds be free to blow against thee.
squares splits intellect
But who shall parcel out His intellect by geometric rules, Split like a province into round and square?
humanity hearing sad-music
Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue.
spring power men
I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.