873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

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

Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.

Nature’s old felicities.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.

Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

Great men have been among us; hands that penn’d And tongues that utter’d wisdom – better none.

Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

Hope smiled when your nativity was cast, Children of Summer!