"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
― William Wordsworth
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Poetry
More From William Wordsworth
- "With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things."
- "In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing."
- "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."
More In Poetry
- "On a summer night it can be lovely to sit around outside with friends after dinner and, yes, read poetry to each other. Keats and Yeats will never let you down, but it’s differently exciting to read the work of poets who are still walking around out there."― Michael Cunningham
- "I love romantic poetry."― Richard Dawkins
- "There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry."― Rita Dove