William Wordsworth

England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet

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On Theatre:

The budding rose above the rose full blown.

The Prelude. Book xi

On Day:

One of those heavenly days that cannot die.

Nutting

On Song:

That mighty orb of song,
The divine Milton.

The Excursion

On Music:

Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.

A Morning Exercise

Spires whose 'silent finger points to heaven.'

The Excursion

On Instinct:

A few strong instincts, and a few plain rules.

Alas! what boots the long laborious Quest?

On Solitude:

That inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude.

I wandered lonely

On Pardon:

The best of what we do and are,
Just God, forgive!

Thoughts suggested on the Banks of the Nith

On Nature:

The rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the rose.

Intimations of Immortality

On Wise:

And he is oft the wisest man
Who is not wise at all.

The Oak and the Broom
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