 From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel,...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 486by William Wordsworth - 1856 - 539 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther...own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mothers mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, IA INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. And by the vision splendid... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1848 - 358 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; . The Youth, who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther...own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1849 - 390 pages
...the noblest interpretation will be given, if I repeat the lines of our great contemporary poet : — Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own : Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And e'en with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Harth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The Youth, who daily farther...with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her natural kind ; And, even with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...priest, And by the vision splendid la on his way attended ; At length the Man sees it die away, And fade into the light of common day, Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own j Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy... | |
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