William Wordsworth

England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet

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On Child:

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

To a Butterfly. I 've watched you now a full half-hour

On Sensation:

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

Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey

On Nature:

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

Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey

On Paradise:

A youth to whom was given
So much of earth, so much of heaven.

Ruth

On Society:

Society became my glittering bride,
And airy hopes my children.

The Excursion

On Confidence:

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays
And confident tomorrows.

The Excursion

On Wisdom:

Oh, be wiser thou!
Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree

On Nature:

Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.

The Tables Turned

On Man:

Choice word and measured phrase above the reach
Of ordinary men.

Resolution and Independence

Sweetest melodies
Are those that are by distance made more sweet.

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