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 - Página 498por William Wordsworth - 1856 - 539 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1843 - 1380 páginas
...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,... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1887 - 490 páginas
...the stars from wrong," as keeping the heavens themselves fresh and strong by its inspiring might. " 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... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 páginas
...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 - 1845 - 558 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1846 - 540 páginas
...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... | |
| Elizabeth Furlong Shipton Harris, Companion traveller - 1847 - 340 páginas
...Wordsworth's, which runs, — Me this unchartered freedom tires, I feel the weight of now desires ; My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose which ever is the same. Again, to another friend on the same date — Regarding sensible mortification,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 páginas
...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 - 1852 - 458 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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