For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Not harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with... The Golden Gift: A Token for All Seasons - Page 112edited by - 1856 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Russell Mitford - Short stories, American - 1830 - 354 pages
...and sciences; — all this is "high matter," and may be discussed hereafter. UNWRITTEN POETRY. For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...humanity, Not harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts... | |
| Benjamin Bailey - English poetry - 1831 - 138 pages
...That waves in languor o'er far Indian seas. NOTES. I lave learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes...humanity, Not harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...recondite, and imaginations the most subtle. Thus : — " I have leam'd To look on Nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing, oftentimes, The still, sad music of humanity ; Not harsh and grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs... | |
| 1833 - 792 pages
...which, though its phraseology is of the rudest kind, has in it so much of native simplicity, so much of the " still sad music of humanity, not harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue,"^ that I hope to be excused for presenting it to my readers : — " How sadly... | |
| Theology - 1833 - 806 pages
...which, though its phraseology is of the rudest kind, has in it so much of native simplicity, so much of the " still sad music of humanity, not harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue,":}; that I hope to be excused for presenting it to my readers : — " How sadly... | |
| William Henry Spicer - Sicily (Italy) - 1834 - 196 pages
...splrti; Chi MI le pinme, e chi su i dim sassi, E clii su 1'erbe, e chi iu faggi or mirti. ARIOSTO. I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes The stilt, aad music of humanity; Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue."... | |
| Theology - 1836 - 532 pages
...head of Poems of the Imagination, is inexpressibly affecting. We can copy but a short paragraph. — I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...high disdain ; Against deceit and cloaked doubleness, What vaileth truth, or perfect steadfastness ? I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And... | |
| Scotland - 1838 - 938 pages
...mourn nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed ; for such lose I would believe Abundant recompense. For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...still sad music of humanity, Not harsh nor grating, but of amplest power To soften and subdue. " And I have felt A passion that disturbed me with the joy... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...mourn nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed, for such loss, 1 would believe. Abundant recompense. For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And... | |
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