Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. MacMillan's Magazine - Page 85edited by - 1887Full view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 1868 - 598 pages
...were a Tain endeavour, Though I should gaze for ever, On that green light which lingers in the west. I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life whose fountains are within." We must have in ourselves love and faith before rites can, like Bethesdean angels, stir the springs... | |
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...were a vain endeavor, Though I should ga/e for ever On that green light that lingers in the west : I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,... | |
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| 1826 - 570 pages
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| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...were a vain endeavor, Though I should gaze for ever, On that green light that lingers in the west : e my fame become A star among the stars of mortal night, If it indeed may cleave its natal glo IV. О Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our lifo alone does nature live : 48 SIBYLLINE LEAVES.... | |
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