Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 498by William Wordsworth - 1856 - 539 pagesFull view - About this book
| Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...they knew how to use — " Me this uncharter'd freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance desires ; My hopes no more must change their name — I long for a repose that ever is the same. " And if it seem strange to any one that Frederick Schlegel, the learned, the profound, the comprehensive,... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But...that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy'face :... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But in the quietness of thought: Me this uncharter'd freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But...this unchartered freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But in the quietness of thought: Me this uncharter'd freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, '"N. pi Or strong compunction ral heart of human kind Hope sprang <•.•», ih...watch-tower of man's absolule self, With light unwaning on *• '' t See Note. c Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost_wear The Godhead's most Awrfignaiyt grace ; . t... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...in me wrought, I supplicate for thy controul ; But in the quietness of thought : Me this uncharter'd freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance-desires...no more must change their name, I long for a repose which ever is the same. " Yet not the less would I throughout Still act according to the voice Of my... | |
| William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 pages
...humble servant, "W. WORDSWORTH." Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds,... | |
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