 Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven, This is not easy : to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That...  The Quarterly Review - Page 327edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 508 pages
...past." 9. Relinquish the hope and attempt of expressing. II. Wordsworth, Excursion^ Book IV. : — " ' Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with heaven, — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 pages
...part of me that flags, Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise...but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1871 - 622 pages
...part of me that flaga Through sinful choice, or dread necessity On human nature, from above, imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise;...but, to converse with Heaven— This is not easy. To relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 pages
...part of me that flags, Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. *Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise...; but, to converse with heaven— This is not easy :— to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...part of me that flags Through sinful choice, or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise...but to converse with heaven — This is not easy, To relinquish all We have or hope of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...which, though, from a strange book, is one of the finest passages of modern English prose. Page 391. " 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth, to despise ; but to converse with Heaven'* See, upon tliib subject, Baxter's most interesting review of his own opinions and sentimeuU in the... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...part of me that flags, Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. . Through the harsh noises of our day A low, sweet prelude finds its wa 44 ASPIRATION". ASSOCIATION". And stand in freedom loosened from this •world, I deem not arduous... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - Bible - 1874 - 732 pages
...having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 'Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with heaven, — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...part of me that flags Through sinful choice, or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise...but, to converse with Heaven, — This is not easy : — to relinquish all Wo have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosen'd from... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 574 pages
...part of me that flags Through sinful choice, or dread necessity On human nature, from above, imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise; but, to converse with Ueaveu — This is not easy. To relinquish all We hare, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in... | |
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