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There is creation in the eye.

There is creation in the eye.

William Wordsworth
Eye, Invisible, Creation
William Wordsworth (1992). “Lyrical Ballads, and Other Poems, 1797-1800”

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth
Life, Education, Teacher
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.337

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.

William Wordsworth
Business, Tired, Self
William Wordsworth (1970). “The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (text of 1805)”, p.24, Oxford University Press on Demand

Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods.

William Wordsworth
Autumn, Wind, Woods

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

William Wordsworth
Strength, Sympathy, Time
William Wordsworth, “Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood”

Rest and be thankful.

William Wordsworth
Being Thankful, Thankfulness
William Wordsworth (1835). “Yarrow Revisited: And Other Poems”, p.28

Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.

William Wordsworth
Faith, Greatness, Transcendence
'The River Duddon' (1820) st. 34 'After-Thought'

But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.

William Wordsworth
Music, Humanity, Hearing
'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' (1798) l. 88

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

William Wordsworth
Sports, Retirement, Golf
'The Prelude' (1850) bk. 4, l. 376

... and we shall find A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.

William Wordsworth
Stars, Pleasure
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Mason (2007). “Lyrical Ballads”, p.152, Pearson Education

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

William Wordsworth
Lying, Flower, Blow
'Ode. Intimations of Immortality' (1807) st. 11

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.

William Wordsworth
Knowledge, Mean, Soul

Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence.

William Wordsworth
Years, Silence, Moments
'Ode. Intimations of Immortality' (1807) st. 9

And I am happy when I sing.

William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.106

Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

William Wordsworth
Action, Theory
"William Wordsworth, a biography".

We live by admiration, hope and love.

William Wordsworth
Love, Hope, Appreciation
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.587

And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.

William Wordsworth
Memories, Soul, Passed Away
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.615

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

William Wordsworth
Forgiveness, Body, Haunting
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.239

The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!

William Wordsworth
Forgiveness, Justice, Forgiving
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.220

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

William Wordsworth
Nature, World, Littles
"TheWorld Is Too Much with Us" l. 1 (1807)

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

William Wordsworth
Sad, Nature, Dark
'The Borderers' (1842) act 3, l. 1539

That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude.

William Wordsworth
Eye, Solitude, Inward
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" l. 19 (1815 ed.)

The memory of the just survives in Heaven.

William Wordsworth
Memories, Heaven
William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.863, Wordsworth Editions

Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns.

William Wordsworth
Light, Dwelling, Sun
'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' (1798) l. 88

Serene will be our days, and bright and happy will our nature be, when love is an unerring light, and joy its own security.

William Wordsworth
Uplifting, Love Is, Light
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.368

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