"Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so…"

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers."

"The eye—it cannot choose but see; We cannot bid the ear be still; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will."

"What is a Poet? To whom does he address himself? And what object hath he proposed to himself?"

"The human mind is capable of being excited without the application of gross and violent stimulants."