 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
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...least motion which they mada It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fau, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can That there was pleasure there. If this belief from Heavon be sent, If such be Natim's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament AVhat man... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Himalaya Mountains - 1876 - 480 pages
...every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the bree/y air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." If anything of this kind exists, how great and grave must be the sentient feeling of the mighty pines... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 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...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from Heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What Man... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - Analysis (Philosophy) - 1877 - 240 pages
...this writer we learn many curious facts. 18. I wander for my sin. 19. He was speechless with rage. 20. The budding twigs spread out their fan to catch the breezy air. 21. Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise. 22. You have received many wounds for your country.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 262 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, i ' If this belief from heaven be sent, If" such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion that they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY. " WHY, William, on that old grey stone, Thus for the length of half a day,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure :— But the least motion that they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out...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... | |
 | Rose Porter - American fiction - 1879 - 300 pages
...his finger on nature's heart, sang — " ' 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 ; ' and surely, if they can feel pleasure, they must feel pain too." And then Lisbeth murmured, half... | |
 | Robert Henry Elliot - Agriculture - 1879 - 346 pages
...language of dogs, we shall very likely find that Wordsworth was right. Besides, when he wrote that— The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there is pleasure there, it seems to me he really meant what he wrote. If he is proved to be right some day,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 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. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man... | |
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