William Wordsworth
England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
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My eyes are dim with childish tears,
My heart is idly stirred,
For the same sound is in my ears
Which in those days I heard.
My heart is idly stirred,
For the same sound is in my ears
Which in those days I heard.
The Fountain
O Reader! had you in your mind
Such stores as silent thought can bring,
O gentle Reader! you would find
A tale in everything.
Such stores as silent thought can bring,
O gentle Reader! you would find
A tale in everything.
Simon Lee
There is a comfort in the strength of love:
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart.
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart.
True beauty dwells in deep retreats,
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved.
Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved.
Let other Bards of Angels sing
How does the meadow-flower its bloom unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
A Poet! He hath put his Heart to School
I 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Hath oftener left me mourning.
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Hath oftener left me mourning.
Simon Lee
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours.
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours.
Miscellaneous Sonnets
Because the good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can.
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can.
Rob Roy's Grave
The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe and heal and bless
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
The charities that soothe and heal and bless
Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.
The Excursion
Nor less I deem that there are Powers
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of ours
In a wise passiveness.
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of ours
In a wise passiveness.
Expostulation and Reply
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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