873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

Heaven lies about us in our infancy.

The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.

The tendency, too potent in itself,Of use and custom to bow down the soulUnder a growing weight of vulgar sense,And substitute a universe of deathFor that which moves with light and life informed,Actual, divine, and true.

The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains.

Many are our joysIn youth, but oh! what happiness to liveWhen every hour brings palpable accessOf knowledge, when all knowledge is delight,And sorrow is not there!

Fiction; inner thoughts of Elisha True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved Till heart with heart in concord beats, And the lover is beloved.

Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.