The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

Quote by William Wordsworth

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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

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...

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in...

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...

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world,...

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. . .

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...

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...

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

Neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no...

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of...