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
 | 1808 - 532 pages
...eternal {Hence : truths that wake, To perifh never ; Which neither liilat-nofs, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolifli or deftroy ! Hence, in a feafbn of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our fouls have fight... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 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,...travel thither. And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolHng evermore.. Then, sing ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song !... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...Ode, that there are ' Truths that wake 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.' Vol. II. p. 156. After our preliminary remarks... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...and custom, — " 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." As You Like It is exceedingly rich and varied in character. The several persons stand out round and... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Aesthetics - 1817 - 314 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...travel thither — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." And since it would be unfair to conclude with... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ethics - 1818 - 390 pages
...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,...utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of ealm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pages
...Silence." And then for the retrospect which a meditative and imaginative mind can exercise : — " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...exercise : — " Henoe, 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...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more... | |
 | Young infidel - 1821 - 264 pages
...discussion, leaving " 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." . WORDSWORTH. Truths which find a hallowed connection with all noble minds ; that shed their vivifying... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - English essays - 1824 - 446 pages
...Silence." And then for the retrospect which a meditative and imaginative mind can exercise : — " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more... | |
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