William Wordsworth Shall Quotations

No human ear shall ever hear me speak;No human dwelling ever give me food,Or sleep, or rest: but, over waste and wild,In search of nothing, that this earth can give,But expiation, will I wander on --A Man by pain and thought compelled to live,Yet loathing life -- till anger is appeasedIn Heaven, and Mercy gives me leave to die.

Three years she grew in sun and shower,/ Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower/ On earth was never sown;/ This child I to myself will take;/ She shall be mine, and I will make/ A Lady of my own.

Beloved Vale, I said, When I shall con those many records of my childish years

And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.

And, when the streamWhich overflowed the soul was passed away,A consciousness remained that it had left,Deposited upon the silent shoreOf memory, images and precious thoughtsThat shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.

So was it when my life began;So is it now I am a man;So be it when I shall grow old,Or let me die!

In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.

Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide;The Form remains, the Function never dies.

Another year! - another deadly blow!/ Another mighty empire overthrown!/ And we are left, or shall be left, alone.

How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed