Poems, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815 |
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... youth to stray in ; For manhood to enjoy his strength ; And age to wear away in ! Yon Cottage seems a bower of bliss ; It promises protection To studious ease , and generous cares , And every chaste affection ! How sweet , on this ...
... youth to stray in ; For manhood to enjoy his strength ; And age to wear away in ! Yon Cottage seems a bower of bliss ; It promises protection To studious ease , and generous cares , And every chaste affection ! How sweet , on this ...
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... youth begin in gladness ; But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness . Now , whether it were by peculiar grace , A leading from above , a something given , Yet it befel , that , in this lonely place , When up and down my fancy ...
... youth begin in gladness ; But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness . Now , whether it were by peculiar grace , A leading from above , a something given , Yet it befel , that , in this lonely place , When up and down my fancy ...
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... Youth , And thankful through a weary time , That brought him up to manhood's prime . -Again he wanders forth at will , And tends a Flock from hill to hill : His garb is humble ; ne'er was seen Such garb with such a noble mien ; Among ...
... Youth , And thankful through a weary time , That brought him up to manhood's prime . -Again he wanders forth at will , And tends a Flock from hill to hill : His garb is humble ; ne'er was seen Such garb with such a noble mien ; Among ...
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... youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still , sad music of humanity , Nor harsh nor grating , though of ample power To chasten and subdue . And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts ; a sense sublime Of ...
... youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still , sad music of humanity , Nor harsh nor grating , though of ample power To chasten and subdue . And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts ; a sense sublime Of ...
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... youth by science nursed , And led by nature into a wild scene Of lofty hopes , he to the world went forth A favoured Being , knowing no desire Which Genius did not hallow , - ' gainst the taint Of dissolute tongues , and jealousy , and ...
... youth by science nursed , And led by nature into a wild scene Of lofty hopes , he to the world went forth A favoured Being , knowing no desire Which Genius did not hallow , - ' gainst the taint Of dissolute tongues , and jealousy , and ...
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Page 212 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; .England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 355 - To live beneath your more habitual sway. I love the Brooks, which down their channels fret, Even more than when I tripped lightly as they...
Page 191 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...
Page 338 - Ah ! then if mine had been the painter's hand To express what then I saw, and add the gleam, The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream...
Page 381 - In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs: in spite of things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time.
Page 105 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: — We murder to dissect.
Page 80 - Unwearied in that service : rather say With warmer love — oh ! with far deeper zeal Of holier love. Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake ! LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.
Page 30 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Page 354 - Hence, in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 352 - Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage; thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find...