 I, long before the blissful hour arrives, Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation — and, by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would I arouse the sensual from their sleep Of Death, and win the vacant...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page xvby William Wordsworth - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Charities - 1815 - 394 pages
...Would chaunt in lonely peace, the sponsal verse Of this great consummation ; — and by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are Would I arouse...exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive povv'rs perhaps no less Of the whole species) to the external world Is fitted ; and how exquisitely... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...Of this great consummation : — and by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, W'ould 1 arouse the sensual from their sleep Of death, and...voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual mind CAnd the progressive powers perhaps no less Of the whole species) to the external world Is fitted :... | |
 | Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...The author's design was the same with that of the great philosophical poet of our own days, to rouse the sensual from their sleep Of death, and win the vacant and the vain To noble raptures, by an exhibition of their own capabilities of excellence and enjoyment. This noble design shines through... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...The author's design was the same with that of the great philosophical poet of our own days, to rouse the sensual from their sleep Of death, and win the vacant and the vaiu To noble raptures, by an exhibition of their own capabilities of excellence and enjoyment. This... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 pages
...sorrowful, and with every joyful heart in the universe ; he finds " grateful haunts" in studying " How exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive...external world Is fitted ; — and how exquisitely, too, The external world is fitted to the mind." WorJa, p. 394. But, on the other hand, he finds it hard... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation : — and by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would I arouse...individual mind (And the progressive powers perhaps no lew Of the whole species) to the external world Is fitted ; — and how exquisitely, too — Theme... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation ; — and, hy words Which an azure vest ; A figured nohle raptures ; while my voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation ; — and, hy words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would I arouse the sensual from their sleep Cf death, and win the vacant and the vain To noble raptures ; while my voice proclaims How exquisitely... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 510 pages
...sorrowful, and with every joyful heart in the universe ; he finds " grateful haunts" in studying " How exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive...external world Is fitted ; — and how exquisitely, too, The external world is fitted to the mind." Work*, p. 394. But, on the other hand, he finds it hard... | |
 | George Ripley - Christianity - 1839 - 174 pages
...nature, to rebuke their proud disdain of divine things, and, like the great moral poet of England, To arouse the sensual from their sleep Of Death, and win the vacant and the vain To noble raptures. " I know," says he, " that it is quite as little your custom to honor the Deity in the holy stillness... | |
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