John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4917 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4917 |
| AUTHOR: | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
| QUOTATION: | The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion; the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite,—a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm By thoughts supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey. |
| WORKS: | William Wordsworth Collection. |