That, wisely doating, ask'd not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy, which knowing kills. But now I find, how dear thou wert to me; That man is more than half of nature's treasure. Of that fair Beauty which no eye can see, Of that sweet music which... Poems: Vol. I. - Page 1by Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1878 - 684 pages
...the unknown joy, which knowing kills. But now I find how dear thou wert to me ; That man is more thau half of Nature's treasure, Of that fair beauty which...others pleasure. The hills sleep on in their eternity.' We wish to call attention to the use here made of the feminine or dissyllabic rhymes, so seldom used... | |
| Learned institutions and societies - 1870 - 672 pages
...subdued our wayward wills : One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely doating, asked not why it doated. And ours the unknown joy, which...others' pleasure. The hills sleep on in their eternity." The note appended, which appears only in the first edition, is as follows : " This sonnet, and the... | |
| Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...wills. One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely doting, asked not why it doted, And ours the unknown joy which knowing kills. But...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity. HARTLEY COLERIDGE. THE REVELATION. AN idle poet, here and there, •*"* Looks round him, but, for all... | |
| John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...subdued our wayward wills : One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted That wisely doating asked not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy, which...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity. HARTLEY COLERIDGE. 1796—1849. THE FIRST MAN. WHAT was't awakened first the untried ear Of that sole... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...not why it doted, And ours the unknown joy, which knowing kills. But now I find how dear thon wort hen the summer flies. Oh ! wonderful thou art, great...Make music in earth's dark and winding caves, I lov In the great city we are met again, Where many souls there are that breathe and die, Scarce knowing... | |
| Henry Scadding - Toronto (Ont.) - 1878 - 652 pages
...subdued our wayward wills : One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely doating, asked not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy, which...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity." The note appended, which appears only in the first edition, is as follows : " This sonnet, and the... | |
| Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1879 - 488 pages
...the writings of meaner men. Take sonnets of Hartley Coleridge, for example : — x. TO A FBIBND. ' When we were idlers with the loitering rills, The...for others' pleasure. The hills sleep on in their eternity.1 H. TO THE SAME. ' In the great city we are met again, Where many souls there are, that breathe... | |
| David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...subdued our wayward wills : One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely doating, asked not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy, which...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity. cccxvin "\ X fHAT was 't awakened first the untried ear Of that sole man who was all human kind ?Was... | |
| David M. Main - Sonnets, English - 1880 - 490 pages
...mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely dealing, asked not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy_, which knowing kills. But now I find how dear thou...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity. cccxvin "\ \ THAT was 't awakened first the untried ear Of that sole man who was all human kind ?Was... | |
| David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...subdued our wayward wills : One soul was ours, one mind, one heart devoted, That, wisely doating, asked not why it doated, And ours the unknown joy, which...others' pleasure, The hills sleep on in their eternity. CCCXVIII "\ I 7HAT was 't awakened first the untried ear * Of that sole man who was all human kind... | |
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