The Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2Methuen, 1908 |
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... Soft as a cloud is yon blue Ridge - the Mere VII . The leaves that rustled on this oak - crowned hill VIII . The sun has long been set PAGE EVENING VOLUNTARIES - continued IX . Composed upon an xiv WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
... Soft as a cloud is yon blue Ridge - the Mere VII . The leaves that rustled on this oak - crowned hill VIII . The sun has long been set PAGE EVENING VOLUNTARIES - continued IX . Composed upon an xiv WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
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... Soft smiles , by human kindness bred ! And seemliness complete , that sways Thy courtesies , about thee plays ; With no restraint , but such as springs From quick and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy few ...
... Soft smiles , by human kindness bred ! And seemliness complete , that sways Thy courtesies , about thee plays ; With no restraint , but such as springs From quick and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy few ...
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... soft , and she who spake Was walking by her native lake : The salutation had to me The very sound of courtesy : Its power was felt ; and while my eye Was fixed upon the glowing Sky , The echo of the voice enwrought A human sweetness ...
... soft , and she who spake Was walking by her native lake : The salutation had to me The very sound of courtesy : Its power was felt ; and while my eye Was fixed upon the glowing Sky , The echo of the voice enwrought A human sweetness ...
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... soft Peace adopted ; though , in place And in dimension , such that thou might'st seem But a mere footstool to yon sovereign Lord , Huge Cruachan , ( a thing that meaner hills Might crush , nor know that it had suffered harm ; ) Yet he ...
... soft Peace adopted ; though , in place And in dimension , such that thou might'st seem But a mere footstool to yon sovereign Lord , Huge Cruachan , ( a thing that meaner hills Might crush , nor know that it had suffered harm ; ) Yet he ...
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... soft seducing harmonies ; Or prest together by the appetite , And by the power , of wrong . PART II I Probably 1816 60 ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY A ROMAN Master stands on Grecian ground , And to the people at the Isthmian ...
... soft seducing harmonies ; Or prest together by the appetite , And by the power , of wrong . PART II I Probably 1816 60 ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY A ROMAN Master stands on Grecian ground , And to the people at the Isthmian ...
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Page 337 - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove...
Page 315 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 324 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 33 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 30 - ONCE did she hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea.
Page 32 - 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 338 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Page 324 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie Some random truths he can impart, — The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 33 - In the open sunshine, or we are unblest: The wealthiest man among us is the best: No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore: Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802 Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee...
Page 327 - was well begun, Then from thy breast what thought, Beneath so beautiful a sun, So sad a sigh has brought?" A second time did Matthew stop; And fixing still his eye Upon the eastern mountain-top, To me he made reply...