Poems by William WordsworthMcClure Phillips, 1907 - 327 pages |
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... singing . Yet it would seem that this was not all that he received , for that which is solemn in duty , in indig- nation righteous , austere in moral passion , and touch- ing the grave and mighty issues of humanity , is also at the root ...
... singing . Yet it would seem that this was not all that he received , for that which is solemn in duty , in indig- nation righteous , austere in moral passion , and touch- ing the grave and mighty issues of humanity , is also at the root ...
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... singing of the water in a curl of the stream , a wren's nest in the interlacing of a wild cherry , an owl hooting from a starlit crag , a solitary daffodil tossing in the wind , -catch and stir the imagination . I know no place more ...
... singing of the water in a curl of the stream , a wren's nest in the interlacing of a wild cherry , an owl hooting from a starlit crag , a solitary daffodil tossing in the wind , -catch and stir the imagination . I know no place more ...
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... of peace and joy which sings in his poetry , and soothes the heart . These , then , are elements in his poetic life which we may bind up with the natural world in which he chiefly lived . The other half of his work - that which had xviii.
... of peace and joy which sings in his poetry , and soothes the heart . These , then , are elements in his poetic life which we may bind up with the natural world in which he chiefly lived . The other half of his work - that which had xviii.
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... sing and play all day . This is the orchard of which he wrote so much , and in an arbour , near its end , a hundred joyous , tender , sorrowful , and stately poems were written- ' Michael , ' ' The Green Linnet , ' the ' Ode ' on ...
... sing and play all day . This is the orchard of which he wrote so much , and in an arbour , near its end , a hundred joyous , tender , sorrowful , and stately poems were written- ' Michael , ' ' The Green Linnet , ' the ' Ode ' on ...
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... singing . All those also whom he loved and honoured he assimilated in the slow and peaceful years , and housed their impulses in his character . It was the same with the few books , all of the best , and chosen to excite , strengthen ...
... singing . All those also whom he loved and honoured he assimilated in the slow and peaceful years , and housed their impulses in his character . It was the same with the few books , all of the best , and chosen to excite , strengthen ...
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Alfoxden Ambleside beauty behold beneath birds bower breath breeze bright brook brother Brougham Castle calm Castle child clouds Coleridge composed cottage dear delight doth DOVE COTTAGE dwell earth EASDALE Ennerdale fair Fancy fear feel fields flowers friends gentle Grasmere grave green grove happy hath HAWKSHEAD heard heart heaven hills hour human lake LEONARD light live lonely look Lord Clifford Loughrigg Fell mind moon morning Mosgiel mountains Nab Scar Nature Nature's never night o'er pleasure poem Poet Quantock Hill river Derwent RIVER DUDDON rock round Rydal Mount seemed seen shade Shepherd side sight silent sing Sister sleep soft song Sonnet soul sound spirit stanza stars stone stood stream sweet thee thine things thou art thought trees vale valley verse voice walk Wansfell wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind woods Wordsworth Written at Town-end Yarrow youth
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Page 122 - Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending ; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;— I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. Sonnet COMPOSED
Page 128 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light. 1804.
Page 102 - Dear Child ! dear Girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year ; And worship's! at the Temple's inner shrine, God being with thee when we know it not. 1802. On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
Page 137 - long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads
Page 248 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! The Skylark
Page 105 - Even so doth God protect us if we be Virtuous and wise. Winds blow, and waters roll, Strength to the brave, and Power, and Deity; Yet in themselves are nothing ! One decree Spake laws to them, and said that by the soul Only, the Nations shall be great and free. Written in London. September, 1802
Page 25 - dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me
Page 102 - On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic did She hold the gorgeous east in fee; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took
Page 89 - A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. Written in March
Page 123 - But we will leave it growing. O'er hilly path, and open Strath, We 'll wander Scotland thorough; But, though so near, we will not turn Into the dale of Yarrow. ' Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow, The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow