The homely beauty of the good ...

The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone

How is it that you live, and w...

How is it that you live, and what is it you do?

Milton, in his hand
The t...

Milton, in his hand
The thing became a trumpet

On Man, on Nature, and on Huma...

On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life,
Musing is solitude

Imagination, which in truth

Imagination, which in truth
Is but another name for absolute power
And clearest insight, amplitude of mind,
And reason, in her most exalted mood.

William Wordsworth 03.03.2018 03:03:03 615 quotes

Careless of books, yet having ...

Careless of books, yet having felt the power
Of Nature, by the gentle agency
Of natural objects, led me on to feel
For passions that were not my own, and think
(At random and imperfectly indeed)
On man, the heart of man, and human life.

In that sweet mood when pleasu...

In that sweet mood when pleasure loves to pay
Tribute to ease; and, of its joy secure,
The heart luxuriates with indifferent things,
Wasting its kindliness on stocks and stones,
And on the vacant air.

When men change swords for led...

When men change swords for ledgers, and desert
The student's bower for gold, some fears unnamed
I had, my Country--am I to be blamed?

We murder to dissect....

We murder to dissect.

Come, blessed barrier between ...

Come, blessed barrier between day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!

The wealthiest man among us is...

The wealthiest man among us is the best

Far from the world I walk, and...

Far from the world I walk, and from all care.

Until, the breath of this corp...

Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.

Nor less I deem that there are...

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

Those obstinate questionings O...

Those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things,
Fallings from us, vanishings;
Blank misgivings of a Creature
Moving about in worlds not realised,
High instincts before which our mortal Nature
Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised

One in whom persuasion and bel...

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate intuition.

Truths that wake
To peris...

Truths that wake
To perish never

The primal duties shine aloft,...

The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

But who would force the soul t...

But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant

And the most difficult of task...

And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.