William Wordsworth Quote

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.


Lyrical Ballads (2nd ed., 1802) preface


Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.