William Wordsworth Quotes, Islands Quotes, Heaven Quotes

Not in Utopia, -- subterranean fields, --Or some secreted island, Heaven knows whereBut in the very world, which is the worldOf all of us, -- the place where in the endWe find our happiness, or not at all

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The bosom-weight, your stubborn gift, That no philosophy can lift.

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With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

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Yet sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, It seemed as if he drank it up, He felt with spirit so profound.

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But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover.

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But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things.

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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

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Nature's old felicities.

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Private courts, Gloomy as coffins, and unsightly lanes Thrilled by some female vendor's scream, belike The very shrillest of all London cries, May then entangle our impatient steps; Conducted through those labyrinths, unawares, To privileged regions and inviolate, Where from their airy lodges studious lawyers Look out on waters, walks, and gardens green.

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Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.

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Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, through all the years of this our life, to lead from joy to joy.

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Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice;Its dizzy turbulence eludes the eye,Frozen by distance.

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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.

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind--But how could I forget thee?

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

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If thou art beautiful, and youth and thought endue thee with all truth-be strong;--be worthy of the grace of God.

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Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.

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That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude.

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Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel To self-reproach.

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