Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to grasp with tiny finger - to let fall a tear; And, as the heavy cloud of sleep dissolves, To stretch his limbs, becoming, as might seem. The outward functions of intelligent man.
William WordsworthShe gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy.
William WordsworthFor oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude
William WordsworthThe fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
William Wordsworth