William Wordsworth Quotes About Love

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  • For mightier far Than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star, Is love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favourite be feeble woman's breast.

    William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.210, Wordsworth Editions
  • Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

    William Wordsworth (2009). “The Poems of William Wordsworth: Collected Reading Texts from the Cornell Wordsworth Series”, p.313, Humanities-Ebooks
  • Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

    William Wordsworth (1985). “William Wordsworth: The Pedlar, Tintern Abbey, the Two-Part Prelude”, p.39, Cambridge University Press
  • How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

    William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.277, Wordsworth Editions
  • There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart.

    William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Michael Mason (2007). “Lyrical Ballads”, p.356, Pearson Education
  • Stern Winter loves a dirge-like sound.

    William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.183
  • His love was like the liberal air, embracing all, to cheer and bless.

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

    "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)
  • The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion; the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, An appetite; a feeling and a love that had no need of a remoter charm by thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.

    'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' (1798) l. 72
  • And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.

    William Wordsworth (1828). “The Poetical Works”, p.227
  • I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee.

    'I travelled among unknown men' (1807)
  • The unconquerable pang of despised love.

    William Wordsworth (1814). “The Excursion,: Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem”, p.291
  • A Briton even in love should be A subject, not a slave!

    William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.97
  • But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

    'To a Young Lady' (1802)
  • Myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower Near the lark's nest, and in their natural hour Have passed away; less happy than the one That by the unwilling ploughshare died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love.

    William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.356
  • We live by admiration, hope and love.

    William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.587
  • Thou has left behind Powers that will work for thee,-air, earth, and skies! There 's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.

    "To Toussaint L'Ouverture" l. 8 (1807)
  • What know we of the Blest above but that they sing, and that they love?

    William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.258
  • Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays.

    William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.368
  • But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?

    William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.147
  • She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.

    'She dwelt among the untrodden ways' (1800)
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