 Hence, in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.  Poems - Page 354by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour. Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or dcstrov ! Hence in a season of calm weather. Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that... | |
 | 1839 - 538 pages
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." These strains belong to the very highest order... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 540 pages
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children eport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." These strains... | |
 | 1839 - 446 pages
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man, nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy 1 Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal... | |
 | Commerce - 1840 - 572 pages
...the eternal Silence ; truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness nor mad endeavor, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy."• The most remarkable peculiarity in the character of Roscoe, is its rare combination of active with... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...of calm weather, Thoueh inland far wo be, Our fouls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought in s natural to all reflecting beings. As the elder Romans distinguished the toe s|iore. And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." And since it would be unfair to conclude... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never; AVhich neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. X. Then sing, ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1841 - 564 pages
...of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Thai brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." — WORDSWORTH. Tell me, brother, what are we... | |
 | American poetry - 1862 - 512 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds, sing, slug a joyous song! And let the young lambs bound, As to the tabor's sound ! We in thought will join... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1842 - 412 pages
...yet a master light of all our seeing; To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." After this rapturous flight the author thus leaves... | |
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