William Wordsworth Citations
William Wordsworth: Citations en anglais
“As in the eye of Nature he has lived,
So in the eye of Nature let him die!”
The Old Cumberland Beggar.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Memorials of a Tour in Italy (1837), IV ("story" refers to History).
Personal Talk, Stanza 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Triad.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Minds that have nothing to confer
Find little to perceive.”
Yes, Thou art Fair, Yet Be Not Moved, st. 2 (1845).
“Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.”
To a Butterfly (I've Watched You Now a Full Half-Hour), st. 2 (1801).
“And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law
In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.”
Source: Character of the Happy Warrior http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww302.html (1806), Line 53.
“What is pride? A whizzing rocket
That would emulate a star.”
Inscriptions Supposed to be Found in and near a Hermit's Cell, l. 11 (1818).
Expostulation and Reply, st. 6 (1798).
Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800)
“A primrose by a river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more.”
Part I, stanza 12.
Peter Bell (1798)
Sky-Prospect from the Plain of France.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Ode. Imagination before Content.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Stanza 7. http://books.google.com/books?id=pzgJAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Thou+dost+preserve+the+stars+from+wrong+And+the+most+ancient+heavens+through+Thee+are+fresh+and+strong%22&pg=PA73#v=onepage
Ode to Duty http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww271.html (1805)
Stanza 1.
Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800), Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey (1798)
Rob Roy's Grave, st. 9.
Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)
“Lady of the Mere,
Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.”
A Narrow Girdle of Rough Stones and Crags, l. 37 (1803).
“Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.”
Actually Night I, line 390 of Edward Young's Night Thoughts.
Misattributed
Rob Roy's Grave, st. 5.
Memorials of a Tour in Scotland (1803)
Yarrow Visited.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind that builds for aye.”
A Volant Tribe of Bards on Earth.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Scorn not the Sonnet.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.”
Stanza 2.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww260.html (1804)
Stanza 1.
She Was a Phantom of Delight http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww259.html (1804)
“One of those heavenly days that cannot die.”
Nutting.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“How blessings brighten as they take their flight!”
Occasionally misattributed to Wordsworth, but in fact by Edward Young again. It is from his Night Thoughts, Night II, line 602.
Misattributed
