 | Anne Manning - 1858 - 306 pagina’s
...repeat-those noble lines in Wordsworth's ' Ode to Duty.'— ..-.-. . . ' Stern lawgiver! yet dost thou wear The godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know...the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads : Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the... | |
 | Man - 1859 - 298 pagina’s
...From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity. Stern Lawgiver 1 yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace,...ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humble functions, awful Power I I call Thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1859 - 326 pagina’s
...the dread eternal Nemesis — unflinching, exacting, with trumpet-tones demanding "What thou owest!" Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon...ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong."* How severe and stately is ' MANLY,' which is just man-like : how noble, how compensating ! It strengthens... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pagina’s
...heralds, through the skie?, Advance ! 5 ADDRESS TO DuTr.Ilio — Wordsworth. ^ Stern 7.,ivirgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace...thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, uu, » i ,.! t»i; »fuwuo, i»«mo ^.« ln~ uuullUlng tm8 Advance ! Go, draw the marble from its secret... | |
 | James Spencer Cannon - 1859 - 672 pagina’s
...said : "Stern lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in tby footing treads : Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong. And the most ancient heavens through... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - 1860 - 368 pagina’s
...change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. ODE TO DUTY. 209 Stern Lawgiver ! yet then dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor...ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry - 1860 - 376 pagina’s
...Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Mowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in...ancient Heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong.' " But bless me," said the Doctor, suddenly recollecting himself, " how I have been running on — and... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1860 - 380 pagina’s
...herself to repeat those noble lines in Wordsworth's ' Ode to Duty.' — ' Stem lawgiver ! yet dost thou wear The godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know...the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads : Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pagina’s
...chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose which ever is the sauie. Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's...ancient, heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pagina’s
...chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name ; I long for a repose which ever is the same. Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's...ancient Heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour... | |
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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... 
