 |
|
|
 |
"The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety." |
|
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold (l. 7-9). . .
The Poems; Vol. 1 [William Wordsworth]. John O. Hayden, ed. (1977, repr. 1990) Penguin Books.
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Imagination, which in truth
Is but another name for absolute power
And clearest insight, amplitude of mind,
And reason, in her most exalted mood." |
|
William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet. The Prelude; XIV. Conclusion (l. 189-192). . .
Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I-II. Frank Kermode and John Hollander, general eds. (1973) Oxford University Press (Also published as six paperback vols.: Medieval English Literature, J. B. Trapp, ed.; The Literature of Renaissance England, John Hollander and Frank Kermode, eds.; The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Martin Price, ed.; Romantic Poetry and Prose, Harold Bloom and Lionel Trilling, eds.; Victorian Prose and Poetry, Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, eds.; Modern British Literature, Frank Kermode and John Hollander, eds.).
|
|
Read more quotations >>
|
|
|
|
 |
Home
