Poems of William WordsworthC. S. Francis, 1855 - 340 pages |
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Page xiii
... youth , and its passions grew calmer . It imparted a more harmonious tone to the meditations of the poet . It tempered the aspect of life to many an eager spirit , and gradually weaned the thoughtful from the encroachments of false ...
... youth , and its passions grew calmer . It imparted a more harmonious tone to the meditations of the poet . It tempered the aspect of life to many an eager spirit , and gradually weaned the thoughtful from the encroachments of false ...
Page xviii
... youth , such impressions must have been per- manent and invaluable , greatly influencing their observa- tion of life and nature , and touching " to finer issues " their unpledged sympathies . It is with the eye of a meditative poet that ...
... youth , such impressions must have been per- manent and invaluable , greatly influencing their observa- tion of life and nature , and touching " to finer issues " their unpledged sympathies . It is with the eye of a meditative poet that ...
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... youth : Glad Hearts ! without reproach or blot ; Who do thy work , and know it not : Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail , thy saving arms , dread Power ! around them cast . Serene will be our days and bright , And happy will ...
... youth : Glad Hearts ! without reproach or blot ; Who do thy work , and know it not : Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail , thy saving arms , dread Power ! around them cast . Serene will be our days and bright , And happy will ...
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... Youth , a scholar pale From Oxford come to his native vale , He also hath his own conceit : It is , thinks he , the gracious Fairy , Who loved the Shepherd - lord to meet In his wanderings solitary : Wild notes she in his hearing sang ...
... Youth , a scholar pale From Oxford come to his native vale , He also hath his own conceit : It is , thinks he , the gracious Fairy , Who loved the Shepherd - lord to meet In his wanderings solitary : Wild notes she in his hearing sang ...
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... youth And thought endue thee with all truth- Be strong ; -be worthy of the grace Of God , and fill thy destined place : A Soul , by force of sorrows high , Uplifted to the purest sky Of undisturbed humanity ! " He ended , or she heard ...
... youth And thought endue thee with all truth- Be strong ; -be worthy of the grace Of God , and fill thy destined place : A Soul , by force of sorrows high , Uplifted to the purest sky Of undisturbed humanity ! " He ended , or she heard ...
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