 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In...have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee ! •And now, with gleams of half-extinguish'd... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...qniet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. 203 If 11119 Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness,...have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee ! And now, with gleams of half-extinguish'd... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...power of joy, We see into the life of things. 2O3 If thisBe but a vain belief,- yet, oh ! how oftr. In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light...have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee ! And now, with gleams of.half-extinguish'd... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. s If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In...have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee ! And now, with gleams of half-extinguish'd... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this . . Be but a vain belief, yet, oh! how oft,...amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light, when the ftetful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon -the beatings of my heart, How... | |
 | Books - 1804 - 994 pages
...strong charm Of Nature." Bajley, 53, 54. 49. Compare these passages with Mr. Wordsworth's " Wye." " When the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the heatings of my heart, How oft m spirit have I turn'd to thce ! # • • nor the sneers of selfish... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In...turned to thee, O sylvan Wye !" Thou wanderer thro' the woodi, How often baa my spirit turned to thee! 75 And now, with gleams of half-extinguished thought,... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...eye mode quiet by the power Of harmony, anil the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. " If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In...fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Has hung upon the heatings of my heartHow oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, 0 silvan Wye ! Thou... | |
 | Scotland - 1860 - 796 pages
...deep power of joy," and seen beneath a ruffled surface an inner life of peace. And even now, for us, when " The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of the heart — How oft, in spirit," may we turn to pictures such as these by Scheffer, and find a blessed... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In...of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thec, O sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer thro' the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee ! And now,... | |
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In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye! 
