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William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney QUOTES

William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney QUOTES

1 " There is a comfort in the strength of love;
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart.

-Michael: A Pastoral Poem "

― William Wordsworth , William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney

2 " There are in our existence spots of time
Which with distinct preeminence retain
A fructifying virtue, whence, depressed
By trivial occupations and the round
Of ordinary intercourse, our minds -
Especially the imaginative power -
Are nourished and invisibly repaired.

- The Two-Part Prelude: First Part "

― William Wordsworth , William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney

3 " A deep distress hath humanized my Soul.

- Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle, in a Storm, Painted by Sir George Beaumont "

― William Wordsworth , William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney