 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
 | Literature - 1912 - 880 pages
...at some length, for it embodies Wordsworth's view of "the correspondency of the Universe to Deity." I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. Not hard nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs... | |
 | Literature - 1907 - 848 pages
...mental process was the reverse of Wordsworth's. Wordsworth 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. Mark Twain, on the other hand, heard "the still, sad music of humanity" when... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...come to him in solitude," and his mind has held mysterious communion with their inward spirit : " 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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...mourn, nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed, for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense. For ot but love ; Was faithless, and I am undone ! Song. — Jemmy Dawson* Come listen to my mournful tal still sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...mourn, nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed, for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense. For its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal...sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling still sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 328 pages
...mourn nor murmur; other gifts Have followed ; for such loss, I would believe Abundant recompense. For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour...music of humanity, Not harsh nor grating, though of ampler power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...mourn nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed ; for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompence. 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, 160 POEMS OF THE IMAGINATION. Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...such loss I would believe Abundant recompense. For I have learn 'd To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes...still sad music of humanity, Not harsh nor grating, but of amplest power To soften and subdue. And I have felt A passion that 'disturb'd me with the joy... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...mourn, nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed, for such loss, I 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.... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...mourn nor murmur ; other gifts Have followed ; for such loss, I 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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