“In the first seat, in robe of various dyes, A noble wildness flashing from his eyes, Sat Shakespeare: in one hand a wand he bore, For mighty wonders fam'd in days of yore: The other held a globe, which to his will Obedient turn'd, and own'd the master's skill: Things of the noblest kind his genius drew, And look'd through nature at a single view: A loose he gave to his unbounded soul, And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll; Call'd into being scenes unknown before, And passing nature's bounds, was something more.” FirstsLooksKindSoulHandsEyeTurnsViewsWonderSeaLandTaughtMastersGeniusSceneSkillsBoundsVariousNoblePassingPassingsSatHis EyesSeatsBoresGlobesObedientRobesWildnessWands Book:Poems Source: Poems
“When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.” BeliefTalkingWonderHeardWords Of WisdomSittingSatPapa Book:The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit Source: The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit
“There's nothing really difficult if you only begin - some people contemplate a task until it looms so big, it seems impossible, but I just begin and it gets done somehow. There would be no coral islands if the first bug sat down and began to wonder how the job was to be done.” PeopleIfsFirstsDoneBigsSeemsWould BeJobsDifficultWonderImpossibleTasksDown AndIslandsSatContemplatingBugs Book:Selected papers Source: Selected papers