873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose.

Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; ’tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy.

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

Departing summer hath assumed An aspect tenderly illumed, The gentlest look of spring; That calls from yonder leafy shade Unfaded, yet prepared to fade, A timely carolling.

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream.

Keep your heart clear And transparent, And you will Never be bound. A single disturbed thought Creates ten thousand distractions.

One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother’s grave.

Let Nature be your teacher.

Alas! how little can a moment show Of an eye where feeling plays In ten thousand dewy rays: A face o’er which a thousand shadows go!