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William Wordsworth on Faith

1770–1850 England

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And 't is my faith, that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower,
We feel that we are greater than we know.

He sang of love, with quiet blending,
Slow to begin, and never ending;
Of serious faith, and inward glee;
That was the song,—the song for me!

Of one in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate intuition.

The Excursion (1814)

There littleness was not; the least of things
Seemed infinite; and there his spirit shaped
Her prospects, nor did he believe,—He saw.

The Excursion (1814)

'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower
Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind
Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower,
And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

One solace yet remains for us who came
Into this world in days when story lacked
Severe research, that in our hearts we know
How, for exciting youth's heroic flame,
Assent is power, belief the soul of fact.

Memorials of a Tour in Italy (1837)

Faith is a passionate intuition

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Wordsworth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.