 O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live; Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah...  The English Poets - Page 124edited by - 1893Full view - About this book
 | England - 1834 - 918 pages
...we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding- garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own hirth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element I " 0 pure of... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allow'd To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth, A light,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allow'd To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah ! from...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potept voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! V. O pure of... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. Iv. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! v. O pure of... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...her shroud ! And would we aught behold of higher worth. Than that inanimate cold world allow'd 'I'n ، * seat A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth. Of all sweet sounds the life and element! O pure of... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! O pure of heart!... | |
 | 1834 - 512 pages
...west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. Oh Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...Earth—- And from the soul itself must there be sent, A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! 0 pure of heart!... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - Religious poetry, English - 1834 - 284 pages
...receive thy child, Take back the lost and found ! A THOUGHT OF PARADISE. We receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,...earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element. COLERIDGE. GREEN... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 596 pages
...we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live ; Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold of higher...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element! ' O pure of heart... | |
 | Scotland - 1834 - 896 pages
...we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding- garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher...A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping tho Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth,... | |
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