Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have... English Poetry: Volume 2 - Page 5971910Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of untam'd pleasures, on thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...bed without the sense or sight Of day or the warm light, A place of thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upop thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 9. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1828 - 298 pages
...truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom 'thy immortality. Broods like the...thy soul shall have her earthly freight And custom He upon thee with a weight ,' Heavy as frost and deep almost as life !" ^ ' Dear Tom, I have bored... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...in waiting lie ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy Being'* height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke...shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thce with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1832 - 378 pages
...do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Pull soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave, Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! VIII. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy us frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature... | |
| Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost and deep almost as life. IX. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! Ojoy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What... | |
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