 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1835 - 304 pages
...squadrons furious ride To conquer or to die," fee. And various sonnets of Mr. Wordsworth ; such as— " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom," &<-, " Vanguard of liberty! ye men of Kent, Ye children of a soil that doth advance Its haughty brow... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1837 - 376 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Boused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...But let us daff aside such unfilial fears. In the words of one of Wordsworth's noble sonnets — " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British freedom, which to the open aea Of the world's praise from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood ;' Road... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...souls as we had then. Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! TO A SEY-LARE. ETHBRBAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound... | |
 | Religion - 1840 - 1078 pages
...keeps alive the noblest and most perfect style of human excellence which the world has yet beheld. " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British glory, — which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, ' with pomp... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 530 pages
...keeps alive the noblest and most perfect style of human excellence which the world has yet beheld. " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British glory, — which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, ' with pomp... | |
 | Fashion - 1842 - 414 pages
...souls as we had then. Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! Of the Miscellaneous Sonnets, two-thirds of which are pure gold, we quote only the beautiful sonnet... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...souls as we had then. Perpetual emptiness : unceasing change I No single volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a...dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithsUxxl,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...souls as we had then. Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! MILTON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...souls as we had then. Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the... | |
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IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed... 
