All WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Quotes about “Children”

“The child shall become father to the man.”
“The child is the father of man.”
“Society became my glittering bride, And airy hopes my children.”
“I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul listened intensely; for from within were heard Murmurings whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things, Of ebb and flow, and ever enduring power, And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless Agitation.”
“A simple child. That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death?”
“The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.”
“The child is father of the man.”
“Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster child, her inmate man, Forget the glories he hath known And that imperial palace whence he came.”
“Hope smiled when your nativity was cast, Children of Summer!”
“Wisdom sits with children round her knees.”

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