The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest, Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast:... English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 393by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1880 - 248 pages
...so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction — not, indeed, For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, P'allings from us, vanishings ;... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...: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 ;... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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 ;... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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 ;... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...was so fugitive l [breed The thought of our past years in me doth Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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 ;... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 654 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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 ;... | |
| Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed I'erpetual benediction: not indeed thy friends provide, All without thy care and payment;...descended, And became a child like thee. Soft and easy is ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings, Blank... | |
| English poetry - 1881 - 456 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...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 ;... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of pur past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest, — Delight...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... | |
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