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

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”

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

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

While all the future, for thy purer soul, With "sober certainties" of love is blest.

William Wordsworth
Life, Love Is, Soul
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.70

What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them.

William Wordsworth
Passion, Men, Soul
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems”, p.376

A deep distress has humanised my soul.

William Wordsworth
Soul, Distress, My Soul

But who would force the soul tilts with a straw Against a champion cased in adamant

William Wordsworth
Soul, Champion, Tilt
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.327

The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.

William Wordsworth
Soul, Depth, Approval
'Laodamia' (1815) l. 74

Recognizes ever and anon The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul.

William Wordsworth
Soul, Anon, Breeze
William Wordsworth (1849). “The poetical works of William Wordsworth”, p.136

One solace yet remains for us who came Into this world in days when story lacked Severe research, that in our hearts we know How, for exciting youth's heroic flame, Assent is power, belief the soul of fact.

William Wordsworth
Heart, Flames, Soul
William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.359, Wordsworth Editions

And 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.

William Wordsworth
Hands, Soul, Path
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.203

Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou soul, that art the eternity of thought, And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion.

William Wordsworth
Art, Soul, Spirit
1799 'Influence of Natural Objects', l.1-4 (published in The Friend 28 Dec 1809).

And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain.

William Wordsworth
Soul, Tasks, Height
'The Excursion' (1814) bk. 4, l. 136

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).

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