Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have... the poets of lhkeland wordsworth - Page 345by T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874Full view - About this book
| Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...freedom on thy being's height; Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke , The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life. WORDSWORTH. O they are Thine, These jewels of my life, not mine, not mine 1 So keep... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! " 3. Imagination and fancy are both intellectual faculties, and the main function... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That Nature yet remembers... | |
| Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...pleasures, on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, — Thus blindly with thy blessedness...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! . Oh joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That Nature yet remembers... | |
| Charles Kingsley - Fairy tales - 1864 - 322 pages
...freedom on thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke ' — Thus blindly with thy blessedness...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life." WORDSWORTH. fERE I come to the very saddest part of all my story. I know some people... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 pages
...freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife 1 Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight,...weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! IX O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive... | |
| R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 312 pages
...freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! IX. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...freedom on thy being's bright, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! .'*' — Oh joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet... | |
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