He roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell; They were his dwelling night and day, — But nature ne'er could find the way Into the heart of Peter Bell. 'In vain, through every changeful year, Did Nature lead him as before;... Education - Page 1011917Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...the value of a hair W« heart or head the better. H? roTed among the vales and streams, In tbf grMo wood and hollow dell ; They were his dwellings night and day, — But .Nature ncVr could find the way luo *e bean of Peter Be|l. ta tain, through every changeful year, fid Nature... | |
| Theology - 1834 - 804 pages
...of his genius, were drawn As well might Peter, in tho Fleet, Have been fast bound, a begging debtor; He travelled here, he travelled there, But not the value of a hair Was heart or head the better. To all th' unshaped half human thoughts Which solitary Nature feeds, 'Mid summer storms or winter's... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1836 - 368 pages
...like him did roam ! As well might Peter, in the Fleet, Have been fast bound, a begging debtor ; — He travelled here, he travelled there ; — But not...among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hellow dell ; They were his dwellings night and day, — But nature ne'er could find the way Into the... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1891 - 324 pages
...year, when Spring appeared, The yellow blooms, to bards endeared, In swarms by PETBB were collected. He roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell, And. upon April's nineteenth day, Big buttonholers made display Upon the heart of PEXF.H BELL. In vain... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...fast bound, a begging debtor ; — He travelled here, he travelled there ; — But not the value ufa hair Was heart or head the better. He roved among...hollow dell ; They were his dwellings night and day, — Dut nature ne'er could find the way Into the heart of Peter Bell. In vain, through every changeful... | |
| 1850 - 744 pages
...subtle presence around. " As well might Peter, in the Fleet Have been fast bound, a begging debtor; He travelled here, he travelled there, But not the...the vales and streams, In the green wood, and hollow doll; They were his dwelling» night and day: but nature ne'er could find the way Into the heart of... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 588 pages
...the old Mariner ; the likeness of Peter Bell is more intelligible, it is another, yet the same. " lie roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell; * Bii'graphia Literaria, vol. 2. pp. 1-2. They were his dwellings night and day — But nature ne'er... | |
| 1859 - 588 pages
...might Peter, in the Fleet, Have been fast bound, a begging debtor. He travell'd here, he travell'd there, But not the value of a hair Was heart or head the better. He rov'd among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell. They were his dwelling night... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1859 - 436 pages
...man like him did roam ! " As well might Peter in the Fleet Have been fast bound, a begging debtor ; He travelled here, he travelled there ; — But not the value of a hair i Was heart or head the better. " He roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow... | |
| American periodicals - 1861 - 606 pages
...man. No ! The poet, immortal for such dissection and description, has said of one he has described : " He roved among the vales and streams, In the green...dwellings night and day, But nature ne'er could find a way Into the heart of Peter Bell. " In vain through every changeful year Did Nature lead him as before... | |
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