William Wordsworth Quotes, Pride Quotes, Boys Quotes

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy, Following his plough, along the mountain-side. By our own spirits we are deified; We Poets in our youth begin in gladness, But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

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Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time.

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At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.

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With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

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Like an army defeated The snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill; The Ploughboy is whooping — anon — anon! There's joy in the mountains: There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone.

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The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream.

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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.

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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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Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow!

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Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial.

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Take the sweet poetry of life away, and what remains behind?

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Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.

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The Eagle, he was lord above

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The harvest of a quiet eye, That broods and sleeps on his own heart.

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Prompt to move but firm to wait - knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.

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Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils.

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Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.

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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.

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What are fears but voices airy? Whispering harm where harm is not. And deluding the unwary Till the fatal bolt is shot!

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Earth helped him with the cry of blood.

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