John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4902 William Wordsworth 1770-1850 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 4902 |
AUTHOR: | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
QUOTATION: | Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | The Borderers. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
WORKS: | William Wordsworth Collection. |
Note 1. The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way! The Excursion, book iii. [back] |