 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...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 2051799Full view - About this book
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...Through all the long green fields has His first sweet evening yellow. Books I '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. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEAED a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined,... | |
 | Young people - 1875 - 690 pages
...reminding us of the words of Southey, the Lake poet — " Hark, I hear the throstle sing ; He, too, is no mean preacher ; Come forth into the light of things, Let nature be your teacher." A feeling of awe creeps over the mind, bespeaking the majesty of the Creator. The mountains loon in... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...double : Up ! up ! my Friend, and clear your looks ; Why all this toil and trouble ? The Tables Turned. Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher. ibid. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all... | |
 | 1875 - 852 pages
...open the beautiful volume and learn the lessons it teaches ? " Sweet is the lore which Nature brings. Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the... | |
 | Mary Tyler Peabody Mann - Education - 1877 - 266 pages
...learn to be wise in his vocation. For suitable preparation, the first, second, and third thing is, to " Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher." The " new education," as the French call it, begins with children in the mother's arms. Froebel had... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...all the long green fields has spread, His first sweet evening yellow. Books ! 'tis a dull and endless strife : Come, hear the woodland Linnet, How sweet...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... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - Poets laureate - 1879 - 348 pages
...my friend, and clear your looks, Why all this toil and trouble ? " Books ! 'tis a dull and endless strife ; Come hear the woodland linnet, How sweet...in it. " And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He too, is no mean preacher ; Come forth into the light things, Let Nature be your teacher." These... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1889 - 690 pages
...Books, — 'tis a dull and endless strife ; Come hear the woodland linnet : How sweet his voice ! upon 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. "... | |
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - Breastfeeding - 1880 - 568 pages
...laug joyous child. Do not let him be always poring overbooks : — "Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife, . Come, hear the woodland linnet ! How sweet...wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings I He, too, is no mean preacher : Come forth into the light of things, — Let Nature be your teacher.... | |
 | Education - 1921 - 744 pages
...! my friend and clean your looks ; Why all this toil and trouble ? Books ! 'tis a dull and endless strife ; Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet...life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how the blithe throstle sings I He, too, is no mean preacher; Come forth into the light of things, Let... | |
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