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“Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.”

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet, born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, and died on April 23, 1850. His poetry is renowned for its depiction of natural landscapes and profound expression of personal emotions and inner world. more

“Private courts, Gloomy as coffins, and unsightly lanes Thrilled by some female vendor's scream, belike The very shrillest of all London cries, May then entangle our impatient steps; Conducted through those labyrinths, unawares, To privileged regions and inviolate, Where from their airy lodges studious lawyers Look out on waters, walks, and gardens green.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)

“Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood.”

Brain Wise Youth Battle Train Temper Governors Womanhood Being Wise Meek Motherly

Book:The Poems of William Wordsworth

Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth

“Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet.”

Made Music Sweet Distance Melody Sweetest Sweet Music

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England

“Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice;Its dizzy turbulence eludes the eye,Frozen by distance.”

Seems Eye Distance Ice Flood Frozen Elude Dizzy Turbulence

Book:The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth

Source: The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth

“Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees.”

Play Language Type Degrees Ease Simile Turf

Author:William Wordsworth

“The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, You hear it now, if e'er you can.”

Ifs Sound Nature Growing Grass Streams

Book: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 ...

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 ...

“The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.”

Thinking Giving Eye Dark Flower Birth Breeze Prudence Abode

Author:William Wordsworth

“Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil and droop, and seek repose In listlessness from vain perplexity, Unprofitably travelling towards the grave.”

Stills Absolutes Graves Chosen Vain Accomplishment Theme Imperfection Repose Perplexity Recoil

Author:William Wordsworth

“Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?”

Heart Eye Care Earth Sky Wings Despise Aspire Nests Pilgrim Ethereal Minstrels

Author:William Wordsworth

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