Quotes about Reflection
To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
— William Wordsworth
Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower.
— William Wordsworth
Where the statue stoodOf Newton with his prism and silent face,The marble index of a mind foreverVoyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.
— William Wordsworth
I listened, motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
— William Wordsworth
Plain living and high thinking are no more:The homely beauty of the good old causeIs gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,And pure religion breathing household laws.
— William Wordsworth
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
— William Wordsworth
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.
— William Wordsworth
But hushed be every thought that springsFrom out the bitterness of things.
— William Wordsworth
And I was taught to feel, perhaps too much, The self-sufficing power of solitude.
— William Wordsworth
She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene, The memory of what has been, And never more will be.
— William Wordsworth
Therefore, let the moon shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty-mountain winds be free to blow against thee.
— William Wordsworth
I listen'd, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.
— William Wordsworth