“Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee! . . . . . . Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness.”
Quote by William Wordsworth
Author
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
You May Also Like
“As in the eye of Nature he has lived, So in the eye of Nature let him die!”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
Source: Miscellanies: Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads
Source: Henry Esmond: The English Humourists; The Four Georges
“The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.”
Source: The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family
Source: The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: With Illustrations by the Author, and with Introductory Notes Setting Forth the History of the Several Works in Twenty-two Volumes
“Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.”
Source: The Trembling of a Leaf: Stories of the South Sea Islands
“If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.”
“Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!”
Source: The Tragedy of Macbeth