William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworthwas a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth7 April 1770
giving generosity heaven
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more.
rap house hip-hop
The truth is easier when you leavin' it out. Like when you "5 minutes away" but you're just leavin your house?
stars flower space
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
faith evil reconcile
Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.
men reason made
Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?
ocean sea environment
The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
life heart true-beauty
Fiction; inner thoughts of Elisha True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved Till heart with heart in concord beats, And the lover is beloved.
simple childhood liberty
Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.
hands safety
In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.
sweet mind mood
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.
soul champion tilt
But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant
fathers-day dad father-son
Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
mean soul looks
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.
flower air wreaths
'Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes!