Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
— closing lines, William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”
Photo credit: Christine Hasman / Dove Cottage. “Dove Cottage. This tiny cottage is a magnet for tourists from all over the world, as it was once the home of the poet William Wordsworth and is now a museum. It is actually situated slightly outside the village of Grasmere, on the White Moss road at Town End.”
