The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: With a MemoirFields, 1871 |
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... o'er the earth . Ah , then , Beloved ! pleasing was the smart , And the tear precious in compassion shed For her , who , pierced by sorrow's thrilling dart , Did meekly bear the pang unmerited ; VOL . IV . 1 Meek as that emblem of her ...
... o'er the earth . Ah , then , Beloved ! pleasing was the smart , And the tear precious in compassion shed For her , who , pierced by sorrow's thrilling dart , Did meekly bear the pang unmerited ; VOL . IV . 1 Meek as that emblem of her ...
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... o'er wide realms the tempest breaks , Needful amid life's ordinary woes ; - Hence , not for them unfitted who would bless A happy hour with holier happiness . He serves the Muses erringly and ill , Whose aim is pleasure light and ...
... o'er wide realms the tempest breaks , Needful amid life's ordinary woes ; - Hence , not for them unfitted who would bless A happy hour with holier happiness . He serves the Muses erringly and ill , Whose aim is pleasure light and ...
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... o'er the earth like an angel of light . Pass , pass who will , yon chantry door ; And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down , and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There , face by face ...
... o'er the earth like an angel of light . Pass , pass who will , yon chantry door ; And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down , and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There , face by face ...
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... o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood While she the holy work pursued . " " Uplift the Standard ! " was the cry From all the listeners that stood round , " Plant it , by this we live or die . " - The Norton ceased ...
... o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood While she the holy work pursued . " " Uplift the Standard ! " was the cry From all the listeners that stood round , " Plant it , by this we live or die . " - The Norton ceased ...
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... o'er the weight Of seventy years , to loftier height ; Magnific limbs of withered state ; A face to fear and venerate ; Eyes dark and strong ; and on his head Bright locks of silver hair , thick spread , Which a brown morion half ...
... o'er the weight Of seventy years , to loftier height ; Magnific limbs of withered state ; A face to fear and venerate ; Eyes dark and strong ; and on his head Bright locks of silver hair , thick spread , Which a brown morion half ...
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Page 231 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 256 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares—- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Page 245 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noonday grove ; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 150 - FROM low to high doth dissolution climb, And sink from high to low, along a scale Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail ; A musical but melancholy chime, Which they can hear who meddle not with crime, Nor avarice, nor over-anxious care. Truth fails not ; but her outward forms that bear The longest date do melt like frosty rime, That in the morning whitened hill and plain And is no more ; drop like the tower sublime Of yesterday, which royally did wear His crown of weeds, but could not even...
Page 229 - MOST sweet it is with unuplifted eyes To pace the ground, if path be there or none, While a fair region round the traveller lies Which he forbears again to look upon ; Pleased rather with some soft ideal scene, The work of Fancy, or some happy tone Of meditation, slipping in between The beauty coming and the beauty gone.
Page 319 - So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone...
Page 264 - Nor shout nor whistle strikes his ear;< — What is the creature doing here? It was a cove, a huge recess, That keeps till June December's snow-; A lofty precipice in front, A silent tarn...
Page 266 - STERN Daughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove...
Page 241 - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.
Page 250 - She seemed as happy as a wave That dances on the sea. There came from me a sigh of pain Which I could ill confine ; I looked at her, and looked again : And did not wish her mine...