| 101 Famous Quotes by William Wordsworth
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“I heard a Stock-dove sing or say
His homely tale, this very day;
His voice was buried among trees,
Yet to be come at by the breeze:
He did not cease; but cooed--and cooed:
And somewhat pensively he wooed:
He sang of love, with quiet blending,
Slow to begin, and never ending;
Of serious faith, and inward glee;
That was the song,--the song for me!”
Doves Quotes Source: O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art
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“Hail to thee, far above the rest
In joy of voice and pinion!
Thou, linnet! in thy green array,
Presiding spirit here to-day,
Dost lead the revels of the May;
And this is thy dominion.”
Linnets Quotes Source: The Green Linnet
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“Now when the primrose makes a splendid show,
And lilies face the March-winds in full blow,
And humbler growths as moved with one desire
Put on, to welcome spring, their best attire,
Poor Robin is yet flowerless; but how gay
With his red stalks upon this sunny day!”
Robins Quotes Source: Poor Robin
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“Art thou the bird whom Man loves best,
The pious bird with the scarlet breast,
Our little English Robin;
The bird that comes about our doors
When autumn winds are sobbing?”
Robins Quotes Source: The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly
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“Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay,
And at my easement sing,
Though it should prove a farewell lay
And this our parting spring.
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Then, little Bird, this boon confer,
Come, and my requiem sing,
Nor fail to be the harbinger
Of everlasting spring.”
Robins Quotes Source: To a Redbreast--In Sickness
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“Behold, within the leafy shade,
Those bright blue eggs together laid!
On me the chance-discovered sight
Gleamed like a vision of delight.”
Sparrows Quotes Source: The Sparrow's Nest
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“The swan on still St. Mary's lake
Float double, swan and shadow!”
Swans Quotes Source: Yarrow Unvisited
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“At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears,
Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years.”
Thrushes Quotes Source: Reverie of Poor Susan
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“And hark! how blithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.”
Thrushes Quotes Source: The Tables Turned
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“I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds
With coldness still returning;
Alas! the gratitude of men
Hath often left me mourning.”
Gratitude Quotes Source: Simon Lee
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“A famous man is Robin Hood
The English ballad-singer's joy.”
Ballads Quotes Source: Rob Roy's Grave
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“Lady of the Mere,
Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.”
Romance Quotes Source: A Narrow Girdle of Rough Stones and Crags
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“A tale in everything.”
Story telling Quotes Source: Simon Lee
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“Why should not grave Philosophy be styled.
Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,
A dreamer, yet more spiritless and dull?”
Philosophy Quotes Source: Excursion (bk. III)
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“The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift,
That no philosophy can lift.”
Philosophy Quotes Source: Presentiments
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“The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”
Sculpture Quotes Source: The Prelude (bk. III)
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“A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
Daffodils Quotes Source: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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“Bright flowers, whose home is everywhere
Bold in maternal nature's care
And all the long year through the heir
Of joy and sorrow,
Methinks that there abides in thee
Some concord with humanity,
Given to no other flower I see
The forest through.”
Daisies Quotes Source: To the Daisy
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“The poet's darling.”
Daisies Quotes Source: To the Daisy
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“We meet thee, like a pleasant thought,
When such are wanted.”
Daisies Quotes Source: To the Daisy
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“Thou unassuming Commonplace
Of Nature.”
Daisies Quotes Source: To the Same Flower
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“Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The Ploughboy is whooping--anon--anon!
There's joy in the mountains:
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone.”
March Quotes Source: Written in March
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“Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing
Under the sky's gray arch;
Smiling I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing
It is the wind of March.”
March Quotes Source: Written in March
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“This flower that first appeared as summer's guest
Preserves her beauty 'mid autumnal leaves
And to her mournful habits fondly cleaves.”
Love lies bleeding Quotes Source: Love Lies Bleeding
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“And when a damp
Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand
The Thing became a trumpet; whence he blew
Soul-animating strains--alas! too few.”
Blindness Quotes Source: Miscellaneous Sonnets, Pt. II, Scorn Not the Sonnet; Critic, You Have Frowned
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