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... soul , that art the eternity of thought ! And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion ! not in vain , -- By day or star - light , thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me The passions that ...
... soul , that art the eternity of thought ! And giv'st to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion ! not in vain , -- By day or star - light , thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me The passions that ...
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... soul had shone so bright All vanish'd ; - ' twas a heartfelt cross To him , a heavy , bitter loss , As he had ever known . But hark ! a gratulating voice With which the very hills rejoice : " Tis from the crowd , who , tremblingly , Had ...
... soul had shone so bright All vanish'd ; - ' twas a heartfelt cross To him , a heavy , bitter loss , As he had ever known . But hark ! a gratulating voice With which the very hills rejoice : " Tis from the crowd , who , tremblingly , Had ...
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... soul will cast the backward view , The longing look , alone on you . Thus , when the sun , prepared for rest , Hath gain'd the precincts of the west , Though his departing radiance fail To illuminate the hollow vale , A lingering light ...
... soul will cast the backward view , The longing look , alone on you . Thus , when the sun , prepared for rest , Hath gain'd the precincts of the west , Though his departing radiance fail To illuminate the hollow vale , A lingering light ...
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... soul was knit to this his native soil . But , as I said , old Walter was too weak To strive with such a torrent ; when he died , The estate and house were sold ; and all their sheep , A pretty flock , and which , for aught I know , Had ...
... soul was knit to this his native soil . But , as I said , old Walter was too weak To strive with such a torrent ; when he died , The estate and house were sold ; and all their sheep , A pretty flock , and which , for aught I know , Had ...
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... soul no living creature has Than he had , being here the long day through . Some thought he was a lover , and did woo : Some thought far worse of him , and judged him wrong : But verse was what he had been wedded to ; And his own mind ...
... soul no living creature has Than he had , being here the long day through . Some thought he was a lover , and did woo : Some thought far worse of him , and judged him wrong : But verse was what he had been wedded to ; And his own mind ...
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Page 268 - 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 her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life...
Page 160 - These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Page 8 - A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 56 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 266 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose ; The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare ; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair ; The Sunshine is a glorious birth ; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 119 - Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Page 160 - Of aspect more sublime : that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world. Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood. In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
Page 120 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 131 - Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 160 - The picture of the mind revives again: While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years.