873 Quotes by William Wordsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man.

A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring. The fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky. I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless.

Take all that's mine 'beneath the moon,' / If I with her but half a noon / May sit beneath the walls / Of some old cave, or mossy nook, / When up she winds along the brook / To hunt the waterfalls.

One in whom persuasion and belief / Had ripened into faith, and faith become / A passionate intuition.

Take a lantern, child, to light.

Memory, like sleep, has powers which dreams obey.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

We live by admiration, hope and love