 IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 259by William Wordsworth - 1832Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of Books and Men ! 15. It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Road by which all might come and go that would. And bear out freights of worth to foreign lands ; That... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of Books and Men ! v XVI. IT is, not to be thought of that the Flood Of...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Road by which all might come and go that would, And bear out freights of worth to foreign lands; That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of Books and MeuJ • XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of...dark antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwitlistood," Road by which all might come and go that would, And bear out freights of worth to foreign... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 pages
...comprehend : They knew how genuine glory was put on ; Taught us how rightfully a nation shone In splendor : what strength was, that would not bend But in magnanimous...antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood ;" Road by which all might come and go that would, And bear out freights of worth to foreign lands... | |
 | Arminianism - 1878 - 1002 pages
...sentiment of one of Wordsworth's finest sonnets should be ever dear to the hearts of Englishmen : ' It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open. Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, with pomp of waters nnwithstood, Boascd though... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...life's common way, ID cheerful godliness; and yet thy henrt Tin- luw licKt duties on itself did lay. XV. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...antiquity Hath flowed, with pomp of waters, unwithstood, Road by which all might come and go that would. And bear out freights of worth to foreign lands ; That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...British Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Freedom Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity 3 Hath flowed, "with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused...often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...squadrons furious ride, To conquer or to die 1'' And various sonnets of Mr. Wordsworth ; such as,— " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom," &c. " Vanguard of Liberty! ye men of Kent, Ye children of a soil that doth advance Its haughty brow... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1835 - 304 pages
...squadrons furious ride To conquer or to die," fee. And various sonnets of Mr. Wordsworth ; such as— " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom," &<-, " Vanguard of liberty! ye men of Kent, Ye children of a soil that doth advance Its haughty brow... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...But let us daff aside such unfilial fears. In the words of one of Wordsworth's noble sonnets — " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British freedom, which to the open aea Of the world's praise from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood ;' Road... | |
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