John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Wordsworth. (1770–1850) (continued) |
| 5005 |
| Another morn Risen on mid-noon. 1 |
| The Prelude.Book vi. |
| 5006 |
| Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! |
| The Prelude.Book xi. |
| 5007 |
| The budding rose above the rose full blown. |
| The Prelude.Book xi. |
| 5008 |
| There is One great society alone on earth: The noble living and the noble dead. |
| The Prelude.Book xi. |
| 5009 |
| Who, doomed to go in company with Pain And Fear and Bloodshed,—miserable train!— Turns his necessity to glorious gain. |
| Character of the Happy Warrior. |
| 5010 |
| Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. |
| Character of the Happy Warrior. |
| 5011 |
| But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for humankind, Is happy as a lover. |
| Character of the Happy Warrior. |
| 5012 |
| And through the heat of conflict keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw. |
| Character of the Happy Warrior. |
| 5013 |
| Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. |
| Character of the Happy Warrior. |
| 5014 |
| Like,—but oh how different! |
| Yes, it was the Mountain Echo. |
| 5015 |
| The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours. |
| Miscellaneous Sonnets. Part i. xxxiii. |
| 5016 |
| Great God! I ’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn, So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; |
| Note 1. See Milton, Quotation 132. [back] |