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
active form spoke
To every Form of being is assigned,"Thus calmly spoke the venerable Sage,"An active Principle.
eyes stars twilight
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair;Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair. . . .
eyes stars twilight
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair. . . .
generosity heaven high less lore rejects thou
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-calculated less or more.
earth four morning
Four years and thirty, told this very week,Have I been now a sojourner on earth,And yet the morning gladness is not goneWhich then was in my mind.
ankles weak
For still, the more he works, the moreDo his weak ankles swell.
emulate pride rocket
What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.
brought far immortal sight souls though
Though inland far we be,Our souls have sight of that immortal seaWhich brought us hither.
awful call guidance thy weakness
To humbler functions, awful Power!I call thee: I myself commendUnto thy guidance from this hour;Oh, let my weakness have an end!
fair human nature soul works
To her fair works did Nature linkThe human soul that through me ran. . . .
gentle spirit
With gentle handTouch -- for there is a spirit in the woods.
embodied motions mystery visionary
Visionary power/ Attends the motions of the viewless winds,/ Embodied in the mystery of words.
common gold opportunity
Turning, for them who pass, the common dustOf servile opportunity to gold.
admiration ascend dignity hope wisely
We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely fixed, in dignity of being we ascend