Quote #93
The eye- it cannot choose but see; we cannot bid the ear be still; our bodies feel, where'er they be, against or with our will.
More from William Wordsworth
- Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?
- 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.
- In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
- Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.
- - A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?
- One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
- All men feel something of an honorable bigotry for the objects which have long continued to please them.
- O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in everything.