EARTH has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie... The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 554edited by - 1901 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Roscoe Mongan - 1864 - 300 pages
...be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...valley, rock, or hill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep I The river glideth at his own sweet will : Behold 1 the very houses seem asleep ; And all... | |
| Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...valley, rock, or hill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! Dear God ! the very houses seem to sleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still. WILLIAM... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1864 - 446 pages
...towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky ; All bright and open in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully...sweet will : Dear God ! The very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! Instances of barer style than this may easily be found,... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! 1 Naiads, the nymphs of the springs ; Oreads, those of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! XXXI THE TROSACHS THERE'S not a nook within this solemn... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! XXXI THE TROSACHS THERE'S not a nook within this solemn... | |
| 1865 - 448 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...Never did sun more beautifully steep, In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill ; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his... | |
| Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships,...sweet will: Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! NATURE. Through all the years of this our life, to lead From... | |
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty ; This city now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning, silent, bare; Ships,...sweet will; Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! THE CLOUD. Wordsworth. I BRING fresh showers, for the thirsting... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty : This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning ; silent, bare, Ships,...sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep And all that mighty heart is lying still ! W. Wordsworth. LXVL THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. Town's in... | |
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