William Wordsworth
England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
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Wisdom married to immortal verse.
Of blessed consolations in distress.
This dull product of a scoffer's pen.
So build we up the being that we are.
Monastic brotherhood, upon rock
Aerial.
Aerial.
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
The imperfect offices of prayer and praise.
That mighty orb of song,
The divine Milton.
The divine Milton.
Spires whose 'silent finger points to heaven.'
Pan himself,
The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god!
The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring god!
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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