...and baleful regions ; or like beams of light from Heaven, directing men towards the skies. " Blessing be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler...earth have made us heirs Of Truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." So sings Wordsworth — himself entitled to the rapturous homage, which he heaps...

...conceive it as retaining anything for its possessor. There is a sense, indeed, in which the poets ' on earth have made us heirs of truth and pure delight in heavenly lays ; ' and it is because of the greatness of this very boon — because their thoughts become our thoughts,...

...England. As it is, it stands one more lonely and scathed testimony to the evil fortunes of poets: — " The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight, by heaveuly lays ! " yet who, themselves, of all men are still shown by a wise Providence to be " pilgrims...

...and joyous thoughts ; And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbor, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...and nobler cares, The poets, who on earth have made ua heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be number'd among theirs,...

...and joyous thought : And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares — The Poeta, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name...

...magical band — Our Accentual Iambic Pentameter, Seward. " Glory be with them, and eternal praise, The Poets who on earth have made us heirs Of Truth and pure Delight by heavenly lays." North. Glory to Verse, for its power is great. Man from the garden in Eden, to the...

...Boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gavo thee by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days....

...POETRY NOT EXTINCT. ON HEARING IT ASSERTED THAT THE AGE OP POETRY, LIKE THAT OF CHIVALKT, WAS GONE. Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...earth have made us heirs Of Truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! WORDSWORTH. It is not true, it cannot be, That the love of Song is o'er; Though...

...conceive it as retaining any thing for its possessor. There is a sense, indeed, in which the poets "on earth have made us heirs of truth and pure delight in heavenly lays ;" and it is because of the greatness of this very boon — because their thoughts become oar thoughts,...

...pre-eminently dear, — The gentle Lady married to the Moor ; And heavenly Una with her milk-white Lamb. ***** Blessings be with them, and eternal praise — Who...earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." XXXIV. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. The Editor wishes to put on record his great obligation...