William Wordsworth Quotes, Prayer Quotes, Spring Quotes

"What is good for a bootless bene?" With these dark words begins my tale; And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring When prayer is of no avail?

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In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs-in spite of things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed, the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time.

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Small service is true service, while it lasts.

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Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men.

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Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.

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Wisdom and spirit of the Universe!

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That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone!

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We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

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The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains.

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The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift, That no philosophy can lift.

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I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

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Delivered from the galling yoke of time.

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The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

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And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few.

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The wealthiest man among us is the best

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Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.

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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky - I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless.

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Of friends, however humble, scorn not one.

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... and we shall find A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.

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