William Wordsworth Quotes on Life
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Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.
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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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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.
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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?
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- A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?
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Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.
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She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love:
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Something between a hindrance and a help.
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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.
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A brotherhood of venerable trees.
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As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation.
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We live by Admiration, Hope and Love.
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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.
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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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We take no note of time but from its loss.