Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy with man, he was alive To all that was enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured ; for, in himself Happy, and quiet... The Augustan review - Page 3381815Full view - About this book
| John Scott Clark - American poetry - 1900 - 886 pages
...Addington Symonds. ILLUSTRATIONS. Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and by Nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...no painful pressure from without That made him turn about from wretchedness With coward fears. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer.... | |
| Susan H. Oldfield - 1901 - 430 pages
...man of Christian sympathy : By nature turned, And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathise with man, he was alive To all that was enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured.' K And again, under the heading ' Morpeth ' she writes : ' It always appears to me that " he thinks... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1904 - 994 pages
...varieties of joy and grief. j6o Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...wretchedness With coward fears. He could afford to suffer 370 With those whom he saw suffer. Hence it came That in our best experience he was rich, And in the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1904 - 382 pages
...Unoccupied by sorrow_ofjt8_own, ^ff~ ' ;• ;<ui' -•" c Hia_heattJajLjopen ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...without That made him turn aside from wretchedness 369 With coward fears. He could afford to suffer With_ those whom he _saw_ suffer. Hence it came That... | |
| George Augustus Warburton - Biography & Autobiography - 1905 - 208 pages
...heart lay open ; and by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathize with men, he was alive To all that was enjoyed where'er he went,...could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. "THE WANDERER" — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. [40] GEORGE H. STUART 1 III. call for a convention of Young... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1908 - 640 pages
...varieties of joy and grief. 360 Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...turn aside from wretchedness With coward fears. He coulcl qfford to_suff'er 370 VViththose_whpm_Jie-sa.i^sufrerr HenceUcame That in our best experience... | |
| Elizabeth Waterhouse - Devotional calendars - 1908 - 776 pages
...varieties of joy and grief. Unoccupied by sorrow of its own, His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured. 1.6 16 June Evening Thou, O Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work. (Dr. More speaks) I WOULD always... | |
| 1910 - 852 pages
...varieties of joy and grief. Unoccupied by sorrow of its own His heart lay open ; and, by nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts To sympathy...could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. ww To attempt an estimate of another man's personal religion is always a delicate task. It is particularly... | |
| Local history - 1913 - 522 pages
...spiritual welfare and happiness of others. He was a man of strong, sympathetic nature. "By nature tuned And constant disposition of his thoughts, To sympathy...enjoyed where'er he went, And all that was endured." Truly he "allured to brighter worlds and led the way." He loved his old Chelmsford friends, and took... | |
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