What did William Wordsworth mean by: We Poets in our youth begin in gladness; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness. William Wordsworth Poet · England Copy
+ Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns. Author, July 7, 2023January 2, 2025, William Wordsworth, Beauty, Nature, Tranquility, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Recognizes ever and anon The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Wordsworth, Nature, Recognition, Soul, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Wordsworth, Control, Influence, Transformation, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Father! – to God himself we cannot give a holier name. Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, William Wordsworth, Love, Reverence, Spirituality, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep/ Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Wordsworth, Heritage, Philosophy, Vision, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Wordsworth, Generosity, Rejection, Virtue, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ The memory of the just survives in Heaven. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, William Wordsworth, Heaven, Justice, Memory, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
+ Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, William Wordsworth, Contrast, Nature, Power, 0 William Wordsworth Poet · England
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France