We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely fixed, in dignity of being we ascend

Quote by William Wordsworth

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Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close upon...

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

I listened, motionless and still; and, as I mounted up the hill, the music in...

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

Wisdom is oft times nearer when we stoop than when we soar

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

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

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

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...

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

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

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...

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

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...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free...

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my...

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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,...

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,...

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.

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

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

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.