15 William Wordsworth Quotes on Life

William Wordsworth quotes on life

9. Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.

32. Is there not An art, a music, and a stream of words That shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?

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43. I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side: By our own spirits are we deified: We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness.

58. A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among the herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind at this unhappy day Then all the pride of intellect and thought?

90. - A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?

95. Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.

100. She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love:

111. Something between a hindrance and a help.

131. Whether we be young or old, Our destiny, our being's heart and home, Is with infinitude, and only there; With hope it is, hope that can never die, Effort and expectation, and desire, And something evermore about to be.

141. A brotherhood of venerable trees.

168. As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation.

183. We live by Admiration, Hope and Love.

194. 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.

198. Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched.

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200. We take no note of time but from its loss.