Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
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Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth ...
“Come, blessed barrier between day and day, Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!”
Source: Favorite Poems
“The wealthiest man among us is the best”
Source: Complete Poetical Works
“Dreams, books, are each a world.”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
Source: The Earlier Poems of William Wordsworth: Corrected as in the Latest Editions. With Preface, and Notes Showing the Text as it Stood in 1815
Source: The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
“Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...
“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
Source: The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”
Source: William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude
“Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.”
“The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.”
Source: The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (text of 1805)
Source: Poems
“To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.”
Source: Lyrical Ballads
“But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.”
Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth
“Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
Source: Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author