William Wordsworth Short Quotes

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Stern daughter of the voice of God!
O Duty!

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Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room.

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Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."

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As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation.

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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The best of what we do and are,
Just God, forgive!

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And sings a solitary song
That whistles in the wind.

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And he is oft the wisest man
Who is not wise at all.

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No bird, but an invisible thing,
A voice, a mystery.

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The Eagle, he was lord above,
And Rob was lord below.

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Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

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The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside a human door!

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May no rude hand deface it,
And its forlorn Hic jacet!

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A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company.

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I never see a flower that pleases me, but I wish for you.

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A happy youth, and their old age
Is beautiful and free.

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And we shall find A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.

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A Briton even in love should be
A subject, not a slave!

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Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.

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A light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove.

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Minds that have nothing to confer
Find little to perceive.

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Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel
To self-reproach.

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A genial hearth, a hospitable board, and a refined rusticity.

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Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!

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With gentle hand
Touch—for there is a spirit in the woods.

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What is pride? A whizzing rocket
That would emulate a star.

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The Mind of Man—
My haunt, and the main region of my song.

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Sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.

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Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her.

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The presence even of a stuffed Owl for her
Can cheat the time.

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