 A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the breast of the River of Time. Brimming with wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, Rivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. As what he sees is, so have his thoughts been. Whether...  The Mystic Star - Page 311873Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1854 - 304 pages
...Nature hath long kept this inn, the Earth, And many a gnest hath she therein received — A WANDEREB is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the...wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, Kivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. As what he sees is, so have his thoughts been. Whether... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1857 - 344 pages
...complain'd of, Who to no one man Shows partiality, Brings round to all men Some undimm'd hours. THE FUTUEE. A WANDERER is man from his birth. He was born in a...the screams of the eagles Hems in its gorges the bed f Whether he first sees light Where the river in gleaming rings Sluggishly winds through the plain... | |
 | Cycle - 1871 - 202 pages
...And there might have shone for me, Blue and infinite, the sea!" PROCTER. THE FUTURE. A WANDERER is a man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the breast of the river of Time ; Hrimming with wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, Rivets his gaze on the banks of... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...within their hearts That this is City of God, both then and now. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING. THE FUTURE. A WANDERER is man from his birth. •**• He was...mountainous pass, Echoing the screams of the eagles, Herns in its gorges the bed Of the new-born clear-flowing stream ; Whether he first sees light Where... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1883 - 520 pages
...Future," he utters the scant hope and comfort, which he is able to find, in glancing down the ages. • "A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the breast of the river of Time. ****** This tract which the river of Time Now flows through with us, is the plain. Gone is the calm... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 280 pages
...resh'd, ennobled, clear : Then willing let my spirit go To work or wait elsewhere or here ! THE FUTUKE. 4 A WANDERER is man from his birth. He was born in a...wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, Eivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. As what he sees is, so have his thoughts been. Whether... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - Readers - 1886 - 338 pages
...out of the charnel-house. These were the sole survivors of that awful night. THE FUTURE. A WANDEBEB is man from his birth. He was born in a ship On the...wonder and joy He spreads out his arms to the light, MACAULAY. Kivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. As what he sees is, so have his thoughts been.... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1889 - 536 pages
...are mightier powers. WEARINESS. Nor does being weary prove that he has where to rest. —I/'id. MAN. A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a...light, Rivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. — The Future. SUMMER. Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon will the musk carnations break... | |
 | American poetry - 1889 - 532 pages
...powers. — Mi</. WEARINESS. N'or does being weary prove that he has where to rest. — Ibid. MAN. A wanderer is man from his birth. He was born in a...light, Rivets his gaze on the banks of the stream. — The Future. SUMMER. Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon will the musk carnations break... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pages
...surroundings, as if a Wordsworth had been present at every stage of history. The earliest man is given thus — Brimming with wonder and joy, He spreads out his arms to the light, Rivets his gaze on the bank of the stream. This would not be the state of any actual man, living near the commencement of... | |
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