 O Friend! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our Life is only drest For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom!— We must run glittering like a Brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest:...  Poems Dedicated to National Independence and Liberty - Page 39by William Wordsworth - 1897 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...thunder as before, And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, And neither awful Voice lie heard by thee ! 0 FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort,...think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! — We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 378 pages
...rocky shore, And neither awful Voice be heard by thee ! XIII. WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802. 0 FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort,...think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! — We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine,... | |
 | sir Henry Taylor - 1849 - 328 pages
...in the earlier amongst the ' Sonnets dedicated to Liberty.' ' O thou proud City ! which way shall I look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handiwork of craftsman, cook, Or groom ? — We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...his rocky shore, And neither awful Voice be heard by thecl XIII. WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802. O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort,...think that now our Life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! — We must run glittering like a Brook In the open sunshine,... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Lancashire (England) - 1852 - 408 pages
...of Wordsworth's poems in his pocket, or even on his parlour window. Written in London, 1802 :— " 0 friend, I know not which way I must look For comfort,...think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In open sunshine, or... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1852 - 172 pages
...thought^— one, for instance, like that of Sir Thomas's above. "PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING. OH, friend, I know not which way I must look For comfort,...To think that now our life is only drest For show — mere handywork of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! we must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine,... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Lancashire (England) - 1852 - 408 pages
...even on his parlour window. Written in London, 1802 : — " O friend, I know not which way.I must lock For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is cnly drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! "We must run glittering like a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...And neither awful Voice be heard by thee ! XIII. WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802. O :";: ! i MI ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being,...opprest, To think that now our Life is only drest Foe show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, <>r groom! — We must run glittering like a Brook ID... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 590 pages
...tastes. Thus in the following Sonnet he denounces our meretricious ways, in sorrowing experience. ' Oh, friend ! I know not which way I must look For comfort,...show ; mean handy work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! // '. mu«t run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unbtett : The wealthiest... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...tastes. Thus in the following Sonnet- he denounces our meretricious ways, in sorrowing experience. " Oh, friend ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now ova life is only drest For show ; mean handy work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering... | |
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