William Wordsworth Sea Quotations

The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;For this, for everything, we are out of tune.

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.

Where the statue stood Of Newton, with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thundereverlastingly.

Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.

The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet's dream.

I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul listened intensely; for from within were heard Murmurings whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things, Of ebb and flow, and ever enduring power, And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless Agitation.

Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee.

Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.

Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.

The ocean is a mighty harmonist.