9 William Wordsworth Quotes on Perception

William Wordsworth quotes on perception

4. A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more.

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

23. O Blithe newcomer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice?

81. Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive.

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.

106. And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.

126. The grim shape Towered up between me and the stars, and still, For so it seemed, with purpose of its own And measured motion like a living thing, Strode after me.

145. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine.

162. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore- Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.