The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 |
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... rocks , The free - born Swiss to leave his narrow vales , ( Spirit attach'd to regions mountainous Like their own stedfast clouds ) did now impel His restless Mind to look abroad with hope . - An irksome drudgery seems it to plod on ...
... rocks , The free - born Swiss to leave his narrow vales , ( Spirit attach'd to regions mountainous Like their own stedfast clouds ) did now impel His restless Mind to look abroad with hope . - An irksome drudgery seems it to plod on ...
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... rocks ; nor idly ; for they speak , In these their invocations , with a voice Obedient to the strong creative power Of human passion . Sympathies there are More tranquil , yet perhaps of kindred birth , That steal upon the meditative ...
... rocks ; nor idly ; for they speak , In these their invocations , with a voice Obedient to the strong creative power Of human passion . Sympathies there are More tranquil , yet perhaps of kindred birth , That steal upon the meditative ...
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... and children — happier far Could they have lived as do the little birds That peck along the hedge - rows , or the Kite That makes her dwelling on the mountain Rocks ! A sad reverse it was for Him who long Had 26 THE WANDERER .
... and children — happier far Could they have lived as do the little birds That peck along the hedge - rows , or the Kite That makes her dwelling on the mountain Rocks ! A sad reverse it was for Him who long Had 26 THE WANDERER .
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... rocks encompass'd , save that to the South Was one small opening , where a heath - clad ridge Supplied a boundary less abrupt and close ; A quiet treeless nook , with two green fields , A liquid pool that glitter'd in the sun , And one ...
... rocks encompass'd , save that to the South Was one small opening , where a heath - clad ridge Supplied a boundary less abrupt and close ; A quiet treeless nook , with two green fields , A liquid pool that glitter'd in the sun , And one ...
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... rock And one old moss - grown wall ; a cool Recess , And fanciful ! For , where the rock and wall Met in an angle , hung a penthouse , framed By thrusting two rude staves into the wall And overlaying them with mountain sods ; To weather ...
... rock And one old moss - grown wall ; a cool Recess , And fanciful ! For , where the rock and wall Met in an angle , hung a penthouse , framed By thrusting two rude staves into the wall And overlaying them with mountain sods ; To weather ...
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age to age aught beauty behold beneath breath bright calm ceased cheerful Child Church-yard clouds Cottage course dark Death delight doth dwell earth Epitaph evermore exclaimed fair fair Isle faith fancy fear feel fields firmament of heaven flowers frame Friend grace grave green grove guardian rocks hand happy hath heard heart Heaven hills hope hour human labour less light live lofty lonely look mind mortal mountain muse Nature Nature's o'er pains pass'd Pastor peace pensive pity pleased pleasure praise pure racter rest Rill rocks round S. T. Coleridge sate savage Nations seat seem'd shade side sight silent smile smooth Solitary solitude sorrow soul spake speak spirit stood stream sublime tender things thoughts tow'rd trees truth turn twas Vale vex'd Vicar virtue voice Wanderer whence wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH winds wish words Youth
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Page 178 - Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
Page 82 - Far sinking into splendour — without end! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright In avenues disposed : there towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars...
Page 6 - Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Page xiv - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy — scooped out By help of dreams, can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man, My haunt, and the main region of my Song.
Page 81 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Page xiv - A history only of departed things, Or a mere fiction of what never was? For the discerning intellect of Man, When wedded to this goodly universe In love and holy passion, shall find these A simple produce of the common day. — I, long before the blissful hour arrives, Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation...
Page 177 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 132 - The darts of anguish fix not where the seat Of suffering hath been thoroughly fortified By acquiescence in the Will supreme For time and for eternity; by faith, Faith absolute in God, including hope, And the defence that lies in boundless love Of his perfections; with habitual dread Of aught unworthily conceived, endured Impatiently, ill-done, or left undone, To the dishonor of his holy name.
Page 24 - Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.
Page 42 - mid the calm oblivious tendencies Of nature, 'mid her plants, and weeds, and flowers, And silent overgrowings, still survived.