 | Bible - 1901 - 834 pages
...vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity." r, ^'. . " To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee: I myself commend...confidence of reason give; And, in the light of truth, thy bondman let me live ! " Wordsworth. ARTICLE IX. THE CROSSING OF THE RED SEA. BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT.... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondsman let me live ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770-1850. INCENTIVES TO LIFE-ACTION. SEE how the day beameth... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live ! 1805 xc1v TO ENTERPRISE KEEP for the Young the impassioned smile Shed from thy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1865 - 562 pages
...subservient to one spirit, concludes his address to the power of duty in the following words : To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live 1* This reply to Mathetes was written by Mr. "Wordsworth.— Ed. 1 OJ-1 THE FRIEND,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 pages
...the stars from wrong j And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live ! 1805 xc1v TO ENTERPRISE KEEP for the Young the impassioned smile Shed from thy... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Self-culture - 1865 - 376 pages
...words which we all should make our own : — Wordsworth, " To humble functions, awful Power, Dnty.1 I call thee. I myself commend Unto thy guidance from...confidence of reason give, And in the light of Truth thy bondsman let me live." It is a beautiful arrangement in the mental and moral economy of our nature,... | |
 | 1865 - 392 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give : And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live ! W. Wordsworth. LIII. SONG OF THE SILENT LAND. (FROM SALIS.) NTO the silent land... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power! I call thee : I myself commend...confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live ! WORDSWORTH. DEEDS NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1866 - 508 pages
...the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend...of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And-iu the light of truth thy bondman let me l:ve! PERSONAL TALK. I AM not one who much or oft delight... | |
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Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805. 
