 Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And...  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Pagina 298geredigeerd door - 1852Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1831 - 274 pagina’s
...generally spoken and thought of as a cold and joyless thing : — Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1887 - 490 pagina’s
...the heavens themselves fresh and strong by its inspiring might. " Stern Lawgiver! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads. Thou dost preserve... | |
 | 1851 - 702 pagina’s
...the poet's rapturous vision of her celestial compensations: — " Stern Lawgiver ! yet them dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." It has been truly said that "men of intemperate minds cannot be free ; their passions forge... | |
 | 1852 - 536 pagina’s
...probably find her only not disagreeable (and here a miss is not as good as a mile) in a tcte-a-tete. All strong-minded females, it may be asserted, must...of their entire genuineness. She is strong-minded ; but she is not coarse-minded and cold-hearted. A woman with a mission, you may call her ; but she... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 pagina’s
...WORDSWORTH." Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in" his ' footing... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 pagina’s
...Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear Tlje godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in ' his ' footing... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 pagina’s
...must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagina’s
...must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pagina’s
...must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pagina’s
...the " Stern daughter of tho voice of God I " but in the same poem he acknowledges "But thou dost wear The God-head's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." Duty is only a hard taskmistress until we know how to learn her lessons. We may say that... | |
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