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... references to her in the biographies of her brother and in the reviews of his works are many . My main object in the present work has been , so far as permissible , to gather together into the form of a Memoir of her life various ...
... references to her in the biographies of her brother and in the reviews of his works are many . My main object in the present work has been , so far as permissible , to gather together into the form of a Memoir of her life various ...
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... reference to the same period . In this poem he represents his sister and her young play - fellows gathering spring flowers , and thus records her prudent " Foresight " : - " Here are daisies , take your fill ; Pansies , and the cuckoo ...
... reference to the same period . In this poem he represents his sister and her young play - fellows gathering spring flowers , and thus records her prudent " Foresight " : - " Here are daisies , take your fill ; Pansies , and the cuckoo ...
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... reference to literature and nat- ural scenery associated them , it is to be regretted that the perfectly innocent friendship should have been the cause of this small gossip , a thing in which De Quincey rather delighted , and which ...
... reference to literature and nat- ural scenery associated them , it is to be regretted that the perfectly innocent friendship should have been the cause of this small gossip , a thing in which De Quincey rather delighted , and which ...
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... reference in the closing lines can be to no other person than Miss Wordsworth . Still another poem of the series owes its origin to a walk by the poet , in the company of his sister and Coleridge . The path here referred to , by the ...
... reference in the closing lines can be to no other person than Miss Wordsworth . Still another poem of the series owes its origin to a walk by the poet , in the company of his sister and Coleridge . The path here referred to , by the ...
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... reference by Wordsworth to his little poem , commencing " Yes , it was the mountain echo , " will be of interest . " The echo came from Nab - scar , when I was walking on the opposite side of Rydal Mere . I will here mention , for my ...
... reference by Wordsworth to his little poem , commencing " Yes , it was the mountain echo , " will be of interest . " The echo came from Nab - scar , when I was walking on the opposite side of Rydal Mere . I will here mention , for my ...
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Page 97 - SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Page 101 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. " Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay; Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 51 - Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake!
Page 50 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash...
Page 50 - My dear, dear Friend; and in thy voice I catch The language of my former heart, and read My former pleasures in the shooting lights Of thy wild eyes.
Page 97 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and- smiles.
Page 101 - I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, — A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I, at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced, but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee ; A poet could not...
Page 98 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light.
Page 16 - own exceeding great reward ; ' it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Page 119 - ... when I am far away : For never saw I mien, or face, In which more plainly I could trace Benignity and home-bred sense Ripening in perfect innocence. Here scattered, like a random seed, Remote from men, Thou dost not need The...