 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why...something that doth live, That nature yet remembers The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! О joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height. Why...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife 1 Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon tliee with a weight, Heavy... | |
 | Caroline Mehetabel Sawyer - Gift books - 1852 - 338 pages
...by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of Heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Wny, with such earnest pains dost thou provoke, The years...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life." It is with us rather than with the child that the guilt belongs. It is our sports,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the mevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1852 - 346 pages
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of Heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why,...Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full goon thy soul shali have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
...Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why wiih such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to...live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Religious poetry, American - 1853 - 604 pages
...master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by, — Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, —...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in... | |
 | William Delafield Arnold - 1853 - 314 pages
...wrapped in their cloaks upon the cold wet ground. CHAPTER III. " WHY with such earnest pains dost them provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! " WOBDSWORTH. The next day, and indeed for three days after the battle, it rained... | |
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Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have... 
