All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both... Wordsworth to Dobell - Page 21edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create,* And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...Nor, perchance, If I were not thus taught, should J the more Suffer my genial spirits to decay : For thou art with me, here, upon the banks Of this fair... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create,* And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...soul Of all my moral being. Nor, perchance, If I were hot thus taught, should I the more Suffer my genial spirits to decay : For thou art with me, here,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...and soul Of all my moral being. Nor, perchance, If J were not thus taught, should I the more Suffer my genial spirits to decay : For thou art with me,... | |
| England - 1841 - 928 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being." Lines written in Tintern Abbey. It is curious to note how very different is the manner in which the... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...and soul Of all my moral being. Nor perchance, If I wete not thus taught, should I the more Suffer my genial spirits to decay : For thou art with me, here,... | |
| Arminianism - 1838 - 1014 pages
...impels All thinking things, all objects of nil thoughts, And rolls through all things. Therefore is he still A lover of the meadows, and the woods. And mountains...nature and the language of the sense. The anchor of his purest thoughts ; the nurse. The guide, the guardian of his heart, and soul Of all his moral being."... | |
| Periodicals - 1825 - 500 pages
...mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create, And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense. The anchor...guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my mortal being. The remainder of the exquisite performance is in the same admirable spirit. We have extracted... | |
| Theology - 1836 - 698 pages
...mighty world, Of eye, and ear, both what they half create .Ind what perciive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor...guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.' vol. ii. p. 111. Hear, too, in what language, he extols the mistress who has so kindly taught him :... | |
| Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...I have learned To look on Nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth, but hearing often times The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating,...guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being. If I were not thus taught, should I the more Suffer my genial spirits to decay; For thou art with me,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 596 pages
...still sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. . . Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the...of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.'*— vol. ii. pp. 100-103. rl his impassioned love of nature is interfused through the whole of Mr. Wordsworth's... | |
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