William Wordsworth

            English Romantic poet

The child is father of the man.- Wordsworth

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.-Wordsworth

That inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude.- Wordsworth

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes

its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.- Wordsworth

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The

music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.-
Wordsworth

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it

when my life began; So is it now I am a man;- Wordsworth

"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her."--Wordsworth

That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless,

unremembered acts of kindness and of love.- Wordsworth

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very

heaven!- Wordsworth

"Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher."-
Wordsworth
"Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears
least".--War, Mind, World
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of
William Wordsworth

"Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and...
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and
which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the
present, and from the present, to live better in the
future".--"Life, Future, Past"

"That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless,

unremembered acts of kindness and love".--Love, Inspirational,
Life..
"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)"

Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.--I Love You,
Birthday, Marriage

"How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real

key to the heart."- "Art, Real, Power"

"And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are
gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your
partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that
simple."--Life And Love, Eye, Romantic Love

"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her."--Love,

Nature, Betrayal

William Wordsworth (1985). “William Wordsworth: The Pedlar,

Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude”, p.39, Cambridge University
Press

"Memories... images and precious thoughts that shall not die

and cannot be destroyed".--Death, Memories, Headstone
William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of
William Wordsworth”, p.615

"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it

takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."--
Powerful, Poetry, Feelings
Lyrical Ballads 2nd ed., preface (1802) See Dorothy Parker 24

"True beauty dwells in deep retreats,

Whose veil is unremoved
Till heart with heart in concord beats,
And the lover is beloved."--Life, Heart, True Beauty
"To ____ ('Let other bards of angels sing...')". Poem by William
Wordsworth-1824.

"The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly".--Flower,

Smell, Shy

The education of circumstances is superior to that of

tuition.--Inspirational, Motivation, Experience
  
".--Lonely, Nature, Spring
"I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" l. 1 (1815 ed.) See
DorothyWordsworth 1

"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep
power of joy, we see into the life of things".--Life, Business, Eye
"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 46 (1798)
".--Life, Beauty, Beautiful
William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt,
Alan G. Hill, Chester Linn Shaver (1967). “The Letters of William
and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New
Letters”, p.51, Oxford University Press on Demand
  
"All that we behold is full of blessings".--Thanksgiving, Gratitude,
Kids
William Wordsworth (2016). “Wordsworth: 'Daffodils' and Other
Poems”, p.14, Michael O'Mara Books

"Open-mindedness is the harvest of a quiet eye."--Eye, Quiet,

Harvest
"A Poet's Epitaph" l. 51 (1800)

"We have within ourselves Enough to fill the present day with
joy, And overspread the future years with hope".--Years, Joy,
Enough
William Wordsworth (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William
Wordsworth (Illustrated)”, p.2094, Delphi Classics

"Let Nature be your teacher"--Teacher, Nature, Science

William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of
William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of
the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His
Works ...”, p.337

"The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the

earth on which he dwells".--Beautiful, Men, Mind
William Wordsworth (1850). “The Prelude, Or, Growth of a Poet's
Mind: An Autobiographical Poem”, p.371, London E. Moxon 1850.
"Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we
soar".--Positive, Weed, Wisdom

"Then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the

daffodils".--Heart, Garden, Pleasure
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" l. 19 (1815 ed.)

"By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy
soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and
down what thou findest there".--Knowledge, Mean, Soul

"Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish

men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary
intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us".--Life,
Perseverance, Kindness
William Wordsworth (2012). “William Wordsworth: Everyman's
Poetry”, p.49, Hachette UK

"The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away;
than what it leaves behind"--Birthday, Wise, Time
William Wordsworth, “Fountain, The: A Conversation”