William Wordsworth Quotes, God Quotes, Men Quotes

We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud, And magnify thy name Almighty God! But man is thy most awful instrument, In working out a pure intent.

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Then blame not those who, by the mightiest lever Known to the moral world, Imagination.

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Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.

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Plain living and high thinking are no more.

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Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach.

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The mysteries that cups of flowers infold And all the gorgeous sights which fairies do behold.

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"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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Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.... it is to assist Nature in moving the affections... the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature.

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In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration: - feelings, too, Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.

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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

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'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind.

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But to a higher mark than song can reach, Rose this pure eloquence.

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The Primrose for a veil had spread The largest of her upright leaves; And thus for purposes benign, A simple flower deceives.

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But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!.

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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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Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.

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A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death?

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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.

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Wisdom and spirit of the Universe!

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