“And thus before his eighteenth year was told, Accumulated feelings pressed his heart With still increasing weight; he was o'er-powered By Nature; by the turbulence subdued Of his own mind; by mystery and hope, And the first virgin passion of a soul Communing with the glorious universe.”
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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
“The mind evolved in the sea. Water made it possible.”
“I caught on that being older is good for the mind. It puts sense into you.”
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next adventure.”
“Voyager The mind travelled light to unknown lands...”