William Wordsworth Quotes
English Romantic poet who made ordinary life and nature sublime. Wordsworth's lines on daffodils, childhood and the still, sad music of humanity remain beloved. Below are 16 of the most loved William Wordsworth quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Life is divided into three terms — that which was, which is, and which will be.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
Come forth into the light of things, let Nature be your teacher.
In April's gentle weather, a thousand flowers bloom together.
Sweet childish days, that were as long as twenty days are now.
Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root.
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.
I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils.
The child is father of the man.