William Wordsworth
England
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
7 Apr 1770 // 23 Apr 1850
Poet
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Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar,
Than when we soar,
With battlements that on their restless fronts
Bore stars.
Bore stars.
Society became my glittering bride,
And airy hopes my children.
And airy hopes my children.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays
And confident tomorrows.
And confident tomorrows.
Recognizes ever and anon
The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul.
The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul.
The vision and the faculty divine;
Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse.
Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse.
And the most difficult of tasks to keep
Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
Heights which the soul is competent to gain.
The good die first,
And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.
And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust
Burn to the socket.
The intellectual power, through words and things,
Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!
Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!
One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate intuition.
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate intuition.
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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
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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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