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Letter "W" » William Wordsworth Quotes
«No human ear shall ever hear me speak;No human dwelling ever give me food,Or sleep, or rest: but, over waste and wild,In search of nothing, that this earth can give,But expiation, will I wander on --A Man by pain and thought compelled to live,Yet loathing life -- till anger is appeasedIn Heaven, and Mercy gives me leave to die.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
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appeased, appeases, appeasing, expiation, human ear, In Search Of
«Never to blend our pleasure or our prideWith sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.»
«Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth?Come, blessed barrier between day and day,Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!»
«O Silence! are Man's noisy yearsNo more than moments of thy life?»
«A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,One after one; the sound of rain, and beesMurmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky;I have thought of all by turns, and yet do lieSleepless!»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
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Flock of sheep, leisurely, murmuring, pass by, pure white, sleepless, White Sea
«More like a man/ Flying from something that he dreads than one/ Who sought the thing he loved.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
«More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure,/ As tempted more; more able to endure,/ As more exposed to suffering and distress.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
«Nor less I deem that there are powers/ Which of themselves our minds impress;/ That we can feed this mind of ours/ In a wise passiveness.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
«O Nightingale, thou surely art/ A creature of a 'fiery heart'.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
«O'er rough and smooth she trips along,/ And never looks behind;/ And sings a solitary song/ That whistles in the wind.»
Author: William Wordsworth
(Poet)
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