5 William Wordsworth Quotes on Silence

William Wordsworth quotes on silence

13. Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!

56. Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.

61. For the gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.

72. But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.

137. I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.