William Wordsworth Quotes on Emotion
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She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares,and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy.
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
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Surprised by joy-impatient as the Wind.
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What is a Poet?...He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the Universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them.
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I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
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In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
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A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual All-in-all!
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Fair seedtime had my soul, and I grew up Fostered alike by beauty and by fear.
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A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.
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A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company.
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We live by Admiration, Hope and Love.