 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
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 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 And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 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 INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...priest, And hy the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the Man sees it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills 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 muse doth all she can... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 414 pages
...1 Nicholas Mallebranche, a distinguished French philosopher, died in 1715, aged seventy-seven. s " Earth 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 410 pages
...1 Nicholas Mallebranche, a distinguished French philosopher, died in 1715, aged seventy-seven. a " Earth 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... | |
 | John Ruskin - ART - 1856 - 252 pages
...the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy : Bat 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 length... | |
 | William Archer Butler - Philosophy, Ancient - 1856 - 486 pages
...tho 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... | |
 | John Ruskin - ART - 1856 - 252 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 length... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 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... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...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... | |
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