The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volumen6G. Bell & Sons, 1893 |
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Página 143 - changing! I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; 1135 To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. 1140
Página 132 - From diminution safe and weakening age; While man grows old, and dwindles, and decays; 760 And countless generations of mankind Depart; and leave no vestige where they trod. " We live by Admiration, Hope, and Love ; And, even as these are well and widely fixed, In dignity of being we ascend.
Página 70 - A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour—without end! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, 840 And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed; there, towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore
Página 135 - Stripped of their leaves and twigs by hoary age, From depth of shaggy covert peeping forth In the low vale, or on steep mountain side; And, sometimes, intermixed with stirring horns Of the live deer, or goat's depending beard,— These were the lurking Satyrs, a wild brood Of gamesome Deities; or Pan himself,
Página 7 - —Such grateful haunts foregoing, if I oft Must turn elsewhere—to travel near the tribes And fellowships of men, and see ill sights Of madding passions mutually inflamed ; Must hear Humanity in fields and groves Pipe solitary anguish ; or must hang Brooding above the tierce confederate storm Of sorrow, barricadoed evermore Within the walls of
Página 113 - tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desire ; And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. —Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, 140 Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence; like a pillar of smoke, That with majestic energy from earth
Página 351 - are the only tribute which can here be paid—the only offering that upon such an altar would not be unworthy. " What needs my Shakspeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones, Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Or that his
Página 138 - Renown, if their presumption make them such ? Oh! there is laughter at their work in heaven! Inquire of ancient Wisdom ; go, demand Of mighty Nature, if 'twas ever meant That we should pry far off yet be unraised; That we should pore, and dwindle as we pore, Viewing all objects unremittingly
Página 141 - Burns, like an unconsuming fire of light, 1065 In the green trees ; and, kindling on all sides Their leafy umbrage, turns the dusky veil Into a substance glorious as her own, Yea, with her own incorporated, by power Capacious and serene. Like power abides
Página 305 - This Land shall witness; and as days roll on, Earth's universal frame shall feel the effect; Even till the smallest habitable rock, Beaten by lonely billows, hear the songs Of humanised society ; and bloom With civil arts, that shall breathe forth their fragrance, 390 A grateful tribute to all-ruling Heaven. From culture, unexclusively bestowed