Ode from Wordsworth ... Memorialis

Excerpt from William Wordsworth's famous  "536. Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood."

William Wordsworth (1770-1850), English Romantic poet.  He was born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, and educated at Cambridge University. In 1797, he moved with his sister Dorothy to Somerset to be near Samuel Coleridge, by which he collaborated on Lyrical Ballads.  Two years later, he lived in the Lake District, where his later works included Poems (with "Intimations of Immortality") and The Prelude, written to form part of the autobiographical work The Recluse, but not completed.  

Ode: Intimations of immortality upon recollections of early childhood.

Though nothing can bring back the hours

Of splendour in the grass,

of glory in the flower;

We will grieve not, rather find

Strength in what remains behind;

In the primal sympathy

Which having been must ever be;

In the soothing thoughts that spring

Out of human suffering;

In the faith that looks through death;

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

~ English Poet ~

In Memoriam:  10th Death Anniversary of Jops

Loved one, Jops, soul mate for 35 years, who valiantly battled with ovarian cancer.  (Passed away, 5th August 2007, 8:00pm) 

Time heals sorrow.
Caring folks ease the pain.
Peace replaces heartache.
Warmest memories remain...

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