William Wordsworth Quotes on Sense & Perception (10 Quotes)

Those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised.

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

Look for the stars, you'll say that there are noneLook up a second time, and, one by one,You mark them twinkling out with silvery light,And wonder how they could elude the sight

She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilights too her dusky hair, But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn.

Earth has not anything to show more fair Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty This city now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning silent, bare.

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem; Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream.

My brain; Worked with a dim and undetermined sense; Of unknown modes of being.

What though the radiance which was once so bright; Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour; Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find; Strength in what remains behin.

I have felt; A presence that disturbs me with the joy; Of elevated thoughts a sense sublime; Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns. . .

Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.