 Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon thy Soul shall have...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth ... - Page 182by William Wordsworth - 1859Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?...That nature yet remembers / . What was so fugitive! 154 The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions: not indeed For that which... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, v Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full...that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitue! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed 352 For... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?...Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upop thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...thy Being'* height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The Y'ears to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thce with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1828 - 298 pages
...thy being's height,., Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife...thy soul shall have her earthly freight And custom He upon thee with a weight ,' Heavy as frost and deep almost as life !" ^ ' Dear Tom, I have bored... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to hring the inevitahle yoke, Thus hlindly with thy hlessedness at strife? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly...weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! thai in our emhers Is something that doth live, That Nature yet rememhers What was so fugitive! The... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pages
...mind, that I cannot forbear to quote the passage : — " O joy ! that in our embers Is something thai doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in mo doth breed Perpetual benedictions ; not indeed For that which is most worthy to bo blest, Delight... | |
 | Theology - 1837 - 436 pages
...something of the child's heart stays with us to the end, amidst the thickening clouds of pride and sin. " O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! " Had the deep, articulate meaning of the immortal ode, from which I quote, reached our inner sense,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1837 - 430 pages
...something of the child's heart stays with us to the end, amidst the thickening clouds of pride and sin. " 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! " Had the deep, articulate meaning of the immortal ode, from which I quote, reached our inner sense,... | |
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