 tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch...  From the age of Johnson to the age of Tennyson - Page 46by Richard Garnett - 1903Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...hopp'd and play'd : Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their...plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of maa ? THE THORN. I. There is a thorn; it looks so old, In truth you'd find it hard to say, How it could... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...hopp'd and play'd : Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread' out...breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there wa* pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent,. If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...and play'd : Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their...my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What roan has made of man ? SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN, Wsth an incsdent in which he -mas concerned. In... | |
 | England - 1841 - 928 pages
...quotation : these are the closing verses : — " The^budding twigs spread out their fan To catch tho breeiy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. " From Heaven if this brlief be sent, If this be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure ; But the least motion, which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. The corresponding impressions of natural objects on the human soul, are illustrated in the four verses,... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...The periwinkle twined its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. The appearance of this enlarged edition of L)r Bigelow's Plants of Boston, will be hailed with much... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The bucUling twigs spread out their I'm, To catcli the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. The appearance of this enlarged edition of Dr Bigclow's Plants of Boston, will be hailed with much... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. I 214- LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. From Heaven if this belief be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...hopped and played: Their thoughts I cannot measure : — Hut the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out...all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thonghU may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 't is my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure IheVe. From Heaven if this belief be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament... | |
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