The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5G. Bell & Sons, 1893 |
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Page 26
... genius , overcome By noise and strife , and questions wearisome , And the vain splendours of Imperial Rome ? — Let easy mirth his social hours inspire , And fiction animate his sportive lyre , Attuned to verse that , crowning light ...
... genius , overcome By noise and strife , and questions wearisome , And the vain splendours of Imperial Rome ? — Let easy mirth his social hours inspire , And fiction animate his sportive lyre , Attuned to verse that , crowning light ...
Page 74
... genius shook the buskined stage . Communities are lost , and Empires die , And things of holy use unhallowed lie ; They perish ; - but the Intellect can raise , From airy words alone , a Pile that ne'er decays . V. 20 1811 . WRITTEN ...
... genius shook the buskined stage . Communities are lost , and Empires die , And things of holy use unhallowed lie ; They perish ; - but the Intellect can raise , From airy words alone , a Pile that ne'er decays . V. 20 1811 . WRITTEN ...
Page 121
... Genius of plenty preserved him from harm : At length , what to most is a season of sorrow , His means are run out , he must beg , or must borrow . To the neighbours he went , -all were free with their money ; For his hive had so long ...
... Genius of plenty preserved him from harm : At length , what to most is a season of sorrow , His means are run out , he must beg , or must borrow . To the neighbours he went , -all were free with their money ; For his hive had so long ...
Page 125
... genius of Bewick were mine , And the skill which he learned on the banks of the Tyne , Then the Muses might deal with me just as they chose , For I'd take my last leave both of verse and of prose . What feats would I work with my ...
... genius of Bewick were mine , And the skill which he learned on the banks of the Tyne , Then the Muses might deal with me just as they chose , For I'd take my last leave both of verse and of prose . What feats would I work with my ...
Page 129
... genius , lead him back ν . K 5 To wait upon the bright and gracious Muses , Whom EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES Epitaphs translated from Chiabrera- Weep not, beloved Friends! nor let Perhaps some needful service of the State.
... genius , lead him back ν . K 5 To wait upon the bright and gracious Muses , Whom EPITAPHS AND ELEGIAC PIECES Epitaphs translated from Chiabrera- Weep not, beloved Friends! nor let Perhaps some needful service of the State.
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