873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

If thou art beautiful, and youth and thought endue thee with all truth-be strong;--be worthy of the grace of God.

Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven.

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

But man is thy most awful instrumentIn working out a pure intent.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

And now I see with eye sereneThe very pulse of the machine.

Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial.

She seemed a thing that could not feel the touch of earthly years.

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? It is the generous spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought: Whose high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright: Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn; And in himself posses his own desire