How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not...

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I,...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

I would stand, If the night blackened with a coming storm, Beneath some rock, listening...

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power...

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...