SURPRISED by joy — impatient as the wind I turned to share the transport — Oh ! with whom But thee deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find. Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind — But how could I forget thee... Poems, selected from the best eds - Page 239by William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880Full view - About this book
| American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...that moment, with a bough Of wilding in his hand. William Wordsworth [1770-1850] "SURPRISED BY JOY" SURPRISED by joy — impatient as the Wind — I turned to share the transport — O! with whom But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find?... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1918 - 1116 pages
...meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. 'Desirleria CURPRISED by joy— impatient as the Wind ^ I turned to share the transport — O ! with whom But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find... | |
| Oliver Elton - English literature - 1920 - 504 pages
...the poem are shaken and shifted by the cross-currents of sharp disenchantment and self -vindication : Surprised by joy | — impatient as the Wind — I...with whom But Thee, | deep buried in the silent tomb ; Wordsworth thus reinstalled the Italian sonnet in our poetry after a long period of disuse, and founded... | |
| Oliver Elton - English literature - 1920 - 500 pages
...the poem are shaken and shifted by the cross-currents of sharp disenchantment and self-vindication : Surprised by joy | — impatient as the Wind — I turned to share the transport | — Oh 1 with whom But Thee, | deep buried in the silent tomb ; Wordsworth thus reinstalled the Italian sonnet... | |
| Leonard Southerden Wood - Children - 1921 - 396 pages
...frequent tear, And ill requited by this heartfelt sign ! SURPRISED BY JOY— IMPATIENT AS THE WIND Surprised by joy — impatient as the Wind I turned...But how could I forget thee ? Through what power. To my most grievous loss ? — That thought's return Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore, Save... | |
| George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...vicissitudes, till genial Spring Has filled the laughing vales with welcome flowers. SURPRISED BY JOY (C. 1815) Surprised by joy — impatient as the wind I turned...find? Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind — 5 But how could I forget thee? Through what power, Even for the least division of an hour, Have... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...rocky shore, And neither awful Voice be heard by thee! 1807. SURPRISED BY JOY—IMPATIENT AS THE WIND" SURPRISED by joy— impatient as the Wind I turned...which no vicissitude can find ? Love, faithful love, recall'd thee to my mind — But how could I forget thee? Through what power, Even for the least division... | |
| Algernon de Vivier Tassin - English literature - 1923 - 456 pages
...child! WILLIAM WOBDSWOBTH 483. SURPRISED BY JOY Surprised by joy — impatient as the wind — I turn'd to share the transport — Oh! with whom But Thee...which no vicissitude can find? Love, faithful love recall'd thee to my mind — But how could I forget thee? Through what power Even for the least division... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1958 - 196 pages
...influence bends When solitary Nature condescends To mimic Time's forlorn humanities. 'Surprised by Joy' Surprised by joy — impatient as the Wind I turned...what power Even for the least division of an hour, 116 To my most grievous loss! — That thought's return Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore, 10... | |
| Jon Stallworthy - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 422 pages
...And where thy footstep gleams In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams. William Wordsworth Surprised by joy - impatient as the wind I turned to share the transport — O ! with whom But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find... | |
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