The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5E. Moxon, 1840 |
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... stream ! A little moment past so smiling ! And still , perhaps , with faithless gleam , Some other loiterers beguiling . Such views the youthful Bard allure ; But , heedless of the following gloom , He deems their colours shall endure ...
... stream ! A little moment past so smiling ! And still , perhaps , with faithless gleam , Some other loiterers beguiling . Such views the youthful Bard allure ; But , heedless of the following gloom , He deems their colours shall endure ...
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... stream ! for ever so , Thy quiet soul on all bestowing , Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing . Vain thought ! -Yet be as now thou art , That in thy waters may be seen The image of a poet's heart , How ...
... stream ! for ever so , Thy quiet soul on all bestowing , Till all our minds for ever flow As thy deep waters now are flowing . Vain thought ! -Yet be as now thou art , That in thy waters may be seen The image of a poet's heart , How ...
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... streams that backward went , And in the sluggish pools where ships are pent : And now , his task performed , the flood stands still , At the green base of many an inland hill , In placid beauty and sublime content ! Such the repose that ...
... streams that backward went , And in the sluggish pools where ships are pent : And now , his task performed , the flood stands still , At the green base of many an inland hill , In placid beauty and sublime content ! Such the repose that ...
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... stream ; Could strip , for aught the prospect yields To him , their verdure from the fields ; And take the radiance from the clouds In which the sun his setting shrouds . VII . A soul so pitiably forlorn , If such do on this earth abide ...
... stream ; Could strip , for aught the prospect yields To him , their verdure from the fields ; And take the radiance from the clouds In which the sun his setting shrouds . VII . A soul so pitiably forlorn , If such do on this earth abide ...
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... streams , How faint their portion of his vital beams ! Thus , and unable to complain , they fared , While not one joy of ours by them was shared . Is there a cherished bird ( I venture now To snatch a sprig from Chaucer's reverend brow ) ...
... streams , How faint their portion of his vital beams ! Thus , and unable to complain , they fared , While not one joy of ours by them was shared . Is there a cherished bird ( I venture now To snatch a sprig from Chaucer's reverend brow ) ...
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Page 48 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805.
Page 51 - Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover; and attired With sudden brightness, like a man inspired; And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw...
Page 338 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose, The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare, Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth.
Page 21 - The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.
Page 339 - On every side, In a thousand valleys far and wide, Fresh flowers; while the sun shines warm, And the Babe leaps up on his Mother's arm...
Page 46 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad Hearts! without reproach or blot; Who do thy work, and know it not : Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power I around them cast.
Page 6 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
Page 50 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Page 350 - Did I request thee Maker, from my clay To mould me man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 45 - O'er rocks and stones, following the dog As quickly as he may ; Nor far had gone before he found A human skeleton on the ground ; The appalled discoverer, with a sigh, Looks round to learn the history. From those abrupt and perilous rocks The man had fallen — that place of fear ! At length upon the shepherd's mind It breaks, and all is clear ; He instantly recalled the name, And who he was and whence he came; Remembered, too, the very day On which the traveller passed this way.