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" Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories... "
A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams - Page 262
by Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 733 pages
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5

William Wordsworth - 1840 - 464 pages
...his way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence lie came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size ! See,...
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Childhood, a selection from the poets, by H.M.R.

Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...way attended : At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. vJ. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII. See where 'mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the child among his new-born blisses, A six-years' darling of a pigmy size ! See where mid work...
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The Minor Poems of Schiller of the Second and Third Periods: With a Few of ...

Friedrich Schiller - 1844 - 454 pages
...homely uurse," says Wordsworth : " —E'en with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, doth all she can To make her foster-child, her inmate...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came." Thus also Schiller — " To such servants was man committed. Abandon not yourself, however, to those...
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The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. Etc

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...on Ms way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size ! See, where 'mid...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she huth in her own natural kind, And, eTen with something of a mother's mind, And no unworthy...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the child among his new-born blisses, — A six years' darling of a pigmy size ! See, where...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. VI. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII. Behold the child among his new-born blisses, A six years' darling of a pigmy size ! See, where...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...her own natural kind, And, even with something of a mothers mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster-child, her...
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The Sacred Poets of England and America: For Three Centuries

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the child among his new-born blisses, — A six years' darling of a pigmy size ! See, where...
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The Poems of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. Harth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings...hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' Darling of a pigmy size ! See, where 'mid...
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