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
wise sacrifice self
Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!
perseverance kindness selfish
Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.
men self feels
Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach.
character humble self
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
business tired self
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude.
stars self shadow
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!
grateful luxury self
There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.
distinct existence nourished spots
There are in our existence spots of timeThat with distinct pre-eminence retainA renovating virtue, whence . . . our mindsAre nourished and invisibly repaired.
barrier blessed fresh joyous mother thee thoughts
Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth?Come, blessed barrier between day and day,Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!
became fell path round
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!
dark discordant elements invisible move reconciles society
There is a dark invisible workmanship - that reconciles discordant elements - and makes them move in one society
break comfort strength
There is a comfort in the strength of love;'T will make a thing endurable, which elseWould overset the brain, or break the heart. . . .
break comfort strength
There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'T will make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart. . . .
fear hearts human judge man nature prevail reason righteous solemn wise words
Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in woman's breast, And reason that in man is wise and good, And fear of Him who is a righteous Judge - Why do not these prevail for human life, To keep two hearts together, that be