 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
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 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... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 496 pages
...most important sources of eloquence. The experience of Wordsworth has been that of others : — " 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. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - Criticism - 1847 - 462 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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1847 - 488 pages
...most important sources of eloquence. The experience of Wordsworth has been that of others : — " 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. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Henry Nelson Coleridge - Aesthetics - 1847 - 572 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, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample'power To chasten and subdue. And... | |
 | sir Henry Taylor - 1849 - 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...Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still sad music of humanity, Nor harsh, nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. .... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 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.... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 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... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1851 - 434 pages
...him in solitude/3 and his mind has held mysterious communion with their inward spirit : — c ( 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.... | |
 | England - 1851 - 790 pages
...And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn, nor murmur; othergifts Have followed. 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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