873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!.

Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men.

O Reader! had you in your mindSuch stores as silent thought can bring,O gentle Reader! you would findA tale in everything.

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.

Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.

I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deedsWith coldness still returning;Alas! the gratitude of menHath oftener left me mourning.

The childhood of today is the manhood of tomorrow

Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach.

Surprised by joy -- impatient as the windI wished to share the transport.