Quotes by William Wordsworth
3 quotes by William Wordsworth (died 1850), taken from 3 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: “Daffodils”, “The Rainbow” and Lyrical Ballads.
“Daffodils”
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“I wander’d lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o’er vales and hills, / When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils; / Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
“The Rainbow”
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“The Child is father of the Man; / And I could wish my days to be / Bound each to each by natural piety.”
Lyrical Ballads
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“That best portion of a good man’s life; / His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love.”