 | 1843 - 454 pages
...to the Power That made him ; it was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort Was his existence oftentimes possess' d. O then how beautiful, how bright appear'd The written Promise ! Early had he learn'd To... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love ! 0 then how beautiful, how bright, appeared The written promise ! Early had he learned To reverence... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfeet offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving...was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort О then how beautiful, how bright, appeared... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...breathed, he proffer'd no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect qffices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving...was blessedness and love ! A herdsman on the lonely mountain top, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort Was his existence oftentimes possessed. Oh... | |
 | 1845 - 596 pages
...in them did he live, and by them did he live, they were his life;' till by their mighty influence, ' his mind was a thanksgiving to the power that made him ; it was blessedness and love,' — ' what wonder if his being thus became sublime and comprehensive.' Some faint reference is then... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1880 - 864 pages
...perfection, and crying " Excelsior ! " and often, while gazing on those splendid mountain sunsets, he was " Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise. Of him it might be said that he was found By his intense conceptions, to receive Deeply, the lesson... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thunks he breathed, he proffcr'd no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of praver and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; it was blessedness and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 pages
...God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Eapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect...was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort Was his existence oftentimes possessed. 0... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 566 pages
...genuine worship to which, according to the Friends, every sincere seeker may and will be admitted, when " Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind is a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; it is blessedness and love." But to show how completely... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...from the living God, Thought was not; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made liim ; it was blessedness and love ! О then how beautiful, how bright, appeared The written promise... | |
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The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love! 
