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

Quote by William Wordsworth

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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...

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. . .

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

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...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

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.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

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...

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, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

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...

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...

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

Nature never did betray The heart that loved her

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying...

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...