The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Interpretation
Children shape who we become as adults, and there's a yearning for a life interconnected by a sense of respect and duty.
This quote by William Wordsworth suggests that the experiences and qualities of childhood fundamentally influence our adult selves. It also reflects a desire for a life where each moment and each relationship is tied together by an inherent respect and reverence for life's natural cycle.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of childhood experiences in shaping adult behavior.
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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,_x000D_ _x000D_ The earth, and every common sight,_x000D_ _x000D_ To me did seem_x000D_ _x000D_ Apparelled in celestial light,_x000D_ _x000D_ The glory and the freshness of a dream.
Books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! 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.
Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls.
How do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now?
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
There's nothing harder than defining oneself.
It's like the day you realize dolls are dolls. I pick up my old self and I see it's silly. A toy I've played with too often. It's a little sad, like an old golliwog at the bottom of the cupboard. Innocent and used-up and proud and silly.
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