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
air faith
And 'tis my faith, that every flowerEnjoys the air it breathes.
belief faith passionate persuasion whom
One in whom persuasion and beliefHad ripened into faith, and faith becomeA passionate intuition.
die faith free held hold milton morals shakespeare speak tongue
We must be free or die who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold Which Milton held
faith sweet flower
Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
remembrance faithful mind
Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind--But how could I forget thee?
faith greatness transcendence
Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.
faith wisdom spiritual
Faith is a passionate intuition.
faith evil reconcile
Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.
bosom sea sleeping winds
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;For this, for everything, we are out of tune.
beside poet waves
The waves beside them danced; but they/ Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:/ A poet could not but be gay,/ In such a jocund company.
draws feels life lightly simple
A simple child,That lightly draws its breath,And feels its life in every limb,What should it know of death?
calmness conflict heat keeps sees
And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the lawIn calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.
choice habit rules
And yet not choice but habit rules the unreflecting herd.
love seem worthy
And you must love him, ere to youHe will seem worthy of your love.