The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. EtcEdward Moxon, 1845 - 619 pages |
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... green ; And round the broad - spread oak , a glimmering scene , In the rough fern - clad park , the herded deer Shook the still - twinkling tail and glancing ear ; When horses in the sunburnt intake * stood , And vainly eyed below the ...
... green ; And round the broad - spread oak , a glimmering scene , In the rough fern - clad park , the herded deer Shook the still - twinkling tail and glancing ear ; When horses in the sunburnt intake * stood , And vainly eyed below the ...
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... green rings , " and broom ; While the sharp slope the slackened team confounds , Downward the ponderous timber - wain resounds ; In foamy breaks the rill , with merry song , Dashed o'er the rough rock , lightly leaps along ; From ...
... green rings , " and broom ; While the sharp slope the slackened team confounds , Downward the ponderous timber - wain resounds ; In foamy breaks the rill , with merry song , Dashed o'er the rough rock , lightly leaps along ; From ...
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... green : Deep yellow beams the scattered stems illume , Far in the level forest's central gloom : Waving his hat , the shepherd , from the vale , Directs his winding dog the cliffs to scale , - The dog , loud barking , ' mid the ...
... green : Deep yellow beams the scattered stems illume , Far in the level forest's central gloom : Waving his hat , the shepherd , from the vale , Directs his winding dog the cliffs to scale , - The dog , loud barking , ' mid the ...
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... Green unmolested light upon their mossy bed . Oh ! when the sleety showers her path assail , And like a torrent roars the headstrong gale ; No more her breath can thaw their fingers cold , Their frozen arms her neck no more can fold ...
... Green unmolested light upon their mossy bed . Oh ! when the sleety showers her path assail , And like a torrent roars the headstrong gale ; No more her breath can thaw their fingers cold , Their frozen arms her neck no more can fold ...
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... green - tinged margin in a blaze of gold ; Thy glittering steeples , whence the matin bell Calls forth the woodman from his desert cell , And quickens the blithe sound of oars that pass Along the steaming lake , to early mass . But now ...
... green - tinged margin in a blaze of gold ; Thy glittering steeples , whence the matin bell Calls forth the woodman from his desert cell , And quickens the blithe sound of oars that pass Along the steaming lake , to early mass . But now ...
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Page 144 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; •^*- I had no human fears : She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees ; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Page 443 - We in thought will join your throng, Ye that pipe and ye that play, Ye that through your hearts to-day Feel the gladness of the May ! What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be ; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering ; In the...
Page 161 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 442 - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast: — Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised...
Page 441 - Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us...
Page 161 - My dear, dear Sister ! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash...
Page 160 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 238 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 238 - It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, "with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old: We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakspeare spake; the faith...
Page 361 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. She has a world of ready wealth, • Our minds and hearts to bless — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health, Truth breathed by cheerfulness. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the...