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Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth.

Therefore am I still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth.

William Wordsworth
Nature, Mountain, Green
1798 'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the banks of the Wye', l.102-6.

I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams, wherever nature led.

William Wordsworth
Lonely, Nature, Rivers
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems”, p.76

Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet.

William Wordsworth
Music, Sweet, Distance
William Wordsworth (1848). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England”, p.185

Of all that is most beauteous, imaged there In happier beauty; more pellucid streams, An ampler ether, a diviner air, And fields invested with purpureal gleams.

William Wordsworth
Beauty, Air, Gleam
'Laodamia' (1815) l. 103

Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose type of things through all degrees.

William Wordsworth
Play, Degrees, Ease
'To the Same Flower [Daisy]' (With little here to do, 1807)

The streams with softest sound are flowing, The grass you almost hear it growing, You hear it now, if e'er you can.

William Wordsworth
Nature, Sound, Growing
William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.85

Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.

William Wordsworth
Sweet, Nature, Shapes
"The Sayings of William Wordsworth".

Thou has left behind Powers that will work for thee,-air, earth, and skies! There 's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.

William Wordsworth
Love, Men, Air
"To Toussaint L'Ouverture" l. 8 (1807)

As in the eye of Nature he has lived, So in the eye of Nature let him die!

William Wordsworth
Life, Death, Nature
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.427

But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?

William Wordsworth
Love, Should, Heed
William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.147

Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.

William Wordsworth
Love, Flower, Larks
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.356

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

William Wordsworth
Men, Light, Common
"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" l. 73 (1807)

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee! . . . . . . Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness.

William Wordsworth
Life, Stars, Soul
1802 'Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour', complete poem (published 1807).

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

William Wordsworth
Heart, Long, Musical
'The Solitary Reaper' from 'Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803'

The budding rose above the rose full blown.

William Wordsworth
Rose
William Wordsworth (1848). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England”, p.155

The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

William Wordsworth
Stars, Flower, Men
William Wordsworth (1814). “The Excursion,: Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem”, p.398

Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour.

William Wordsworth
Hours, Milton, Should
"London, 1802" l. 1 (1807)

Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

William Wordsworth
Love, Wise, Knowledge
William Wordsworth (2009). “The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth Series”, p.313, Humanities-Ebooks

Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.

William Wordsworth
Art, Garden, Design
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth (2015). “Lyrical Ballads and other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth (Including Their Thoughts On Poetry Principles and Secrets): Collections of Poetry which marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature, including poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Dungeon, The Nightingale, Dejection: An Ode”, p.291, e-artnow

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!

William Wordsworth
Sweet, Lying, Heart
1802 Of London. 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge', Complete poem. (Published 1807).

Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray.

William Wordsworth
Happiness, Betrayal, Shapes
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems”, p.90

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

William Wordsworth
Money, Business, Men

Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays.

William Wordsworth
Love, Truth, Blessing
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.368

The very flowers are sacred to the poor.

William Wordsworth
Flower, Sacred, Poor
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.197

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

William Wordsworth
Nature, Educational, Men
1798 'The Tables Turned', stanzas 6-8.

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