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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.

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

William Wordsworth
Life, Business, Eye
"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 46 (1798)

Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.

William Wordsworth
Glory, Gentle
William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.2096, Delphi Classics

Habit rules the unreflecting herd.

William Wordsworth
Reflection, Peer Pressure, Habit
'Grant that by this' (1822)

Sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.

William Wordsworth
Sweet, Heart, Blood
'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' (1798) l. 26

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

William Wordsworth
Sympathy, Grief, Condolences
'Ode. Intimations of Immortality' (1807) st. 10

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

William Wordsworth
Humble, Character, Two

Love betters what is best

William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.257, Wordsworth Editions

For all things are less dreadful than they seem.

William Wordsworth
Perspective, All Things, Seems
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.291

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

William Wordsworth
Sweet, Lying, Feet
William Wordsworth (1859). “The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Etc”, p.337

The childhood of today is the manhood of tomorrow

William Wordsworth
Children, Childhood, Today

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.

William Wordsworth
Life, Perseverance, Kindness
William Wordsworth (2012). “William Wordsworth: Everyman's Poetry”, p.49, Hachette UK

Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

William Wordsworth
Happiness, Giving, Earth
William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.2107, Delphi Classics

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

William Wordsworth
Birthday, Wise, Time
William Wordsworth, “Fountain, The: A Conversation”

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

William Wordsworth
Lonely, Nature, Spring
"I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" l. 1 (1815 ed.) See DorothyWordsworth 1

The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells.

William Wordsworth
Beautiful, Men, Mind
William Wordsworth (1850). “The Prelude, Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind: An Autobiographical Poem”, p.371, London E. Moxon 1850.

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

William Wordsworth
Heart, Garden, Pleasure
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" l. 19 (1815 ed.)

Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality.

William Wordsworth
Mean, Reality, Imagination

A tale in everything.

William Wordsworth
Tales
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2003). “Lyrical Ballads and Other Poems”, p.45, Wordsworth Editions

A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

William Wordsworth
Cheerful, Delight, Spirit
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.186

Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!

William Wordsworth
Glory, Strife, Hard
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.186

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

William Wordsworth
Ocean, Sea, Environment

Write to me frequently & the longest letters possible; never mind whether you have facts or no to communicate; fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

William Wordsworth
Writing, Heart, Breathing
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt, Alan G. Hill, Chester Linn Shaver (1967). “The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters”, p.51, Oxford University Press on Demand

Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.

William Wordsworth
Heart, Men, Lasts
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems”, p.381

Poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.

William Wordsworth
Great Inspirational, Emotion, Poetry Is

One with more of soul in his face than words on his tongue.

William Wordsworth
Soul, Tongue, Faces
William Wordsworth, “The Farmer Of Tilsbury Vale”

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