The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And clearest insight, amplitude of mind,
And Reason in her most exalted mood.
‘The Prelude’ (1850) bk. 14, l. 190
There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising, calm and bright.
‘Resolution and Independence’ (1807) st. 1
I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy,
The sleepless soul, that perished in his pride;
Of him who walked in glory and in joy,
Following his plough, along the mountain side:
By our own spirits are we deified:
We poets in our youth begin in gladness;
But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness.
‘Resolution and Independence’ (1807) st. 7
His words came feebly, from a feeble chest,
But each in solemn order followed each,
With something of a lofty utterance drest—
Choice words, and measured phrase, above the reach
Of ordinary men; a stately speech;
Such as grave Livers do in Scotland use.
‘Resolution and Independence’ (1807) st. 14
The fear that kills;
And hope that is unwilling to be fed;
Cold, pain, and labour, and all fleshly ills;
And mighty Poets in their misery dead.
—Perplexed, and longing to be comforted,
My question eagerly I did renew.
‘How is it that you live, and what is it you do?’
‘Resolution and Independence’ (1807) st. 17
At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears,
Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years:
Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard
In the silence of morning the song of the bird.
’Tis a note of enchantment; what ails her? She sees
A mountain ascending, a vision of trees;
Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide,
And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
‘The Reverie of Poor Susan’
I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide,