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" Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. "
The poetical works of William Wordsworth - Page 41
by William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840
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Poems in 2 Vols., Reprinted Original Ed. of 1807 Ed. with Note on ..., Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...made more sweet ; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes He is a Slave ; the meanest we can meet ! Wings have we, and as far as we can go We may find...know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There...
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...more sweet; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes He is a Slave; the meanest we can meet ! Wing* have we, and as far as we can go We may find pleasure...that mood Which with the lofty sanctifies the low: 120 Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good...
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ...

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...made more sweet ; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes He is a Slave ; the meanest we can meet ! Wings have we, — and as far as we can go We may...know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round 'these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...made more sweet ; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes He is a Slave ; the meanest we can meet ! Wings have we, — and as far as we can go We may...know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 3

William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pages
...sweet ; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes He is a Slave : the meanest we can meet ! XXIII. CONTINUED. WINGS have we, — and as far as we can...know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at ...

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 pages
...has expressed this sentiment well (perhaps I have borrowed it from him)— " Books, dreams, are both a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow. * * ******...
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Lectures chiefly on the dramatic literature of the age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 pages
...has expressed this sentiment well (perhaps I have borrowed it from him) — " Books, dreams, are both a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good, Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow. * * ******...
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The London Magazine, Volume 7

1823 - 732 pages
...native delicacy, and a noble enthusiasm for supernatural cheer. — In it we see how — — — — — wilderness and wood, Blank ocean and mere sky, support...that mood, Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. But what need of my lean praise? — thou hast thy meed of fam« ; — higher hands have crowned tliee...
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The London Magazine, Volume 7

1823 - 734 pages
...delicacy, and a noble enthusiasm for supernatural cheer. — In it we see how wilderness and wood, Blunk ocean and mere sky, support that mood, Which with the lofty sanctifies the low. But what need of my lean praise ? — thou hast thy meed of fame ; — higher * hands hare crowned...
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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1826 - 464 pages
...they were never (like Rousseau's) excluded from the libraries of English Noblemen! " Books, dreams are each a world, and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good ; Round which, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness may grow." Let...
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