William Wordsworth Quotes, Action Quotes

Thought and theory must precede all action, that moves to salutary purposes. Yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

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My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.

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Great is the glory, for the strife is hard!

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Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.

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Great God! I'd rather be a Pagan.

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Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil and droop, and seek repose In listlessness from vain perplexity, Unprofitably travelling towards the grave.

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And mighty poets in their misery dead.

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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky - I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless.

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Action is transitory, a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or that, 'Tis done--And in the after-vacancy, We wonder at ourselves, like men betrayed.

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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.

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One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

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Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

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The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive!

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But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.

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poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge

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In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration: - feelings, too, Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

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I've watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! - not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again!

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A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.

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We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud, And magnify thy name Almighty God! But man is thy most awful instrument, In working out a pure intent.

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"What is good for a bootless bene?" With these dark words begins my tale; And their meaning is, Whence can comfort spring When prayer is of no avail?

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