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... The Recreations of Christopher North [pseud.] - Pagina 299door John Wilson - 1852 - 307 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pagina’s
...creed, Yet find that other strength according to their need.— Edit. 1815. Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most 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... | |
| 1857 - 498 pagina’s
...laugh before thee in their beds : And fragrance in thy footing treads. Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient Heavens through thee are fresh and strong." And therefore in his poems there will ever be a spring of something even fresher than poetic life —... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1857 - 492 pagina’s
...laugh before thee in their beds : And fragrance in thy footing trends. Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; , And the most ancient Heavens through thee are fresh and strong." And therefore in his poems there will ever be a spring of something even fresher than poetic life —... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pagina’s
...laugh before thee on their beds, And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong 6. DEATH or THE YOUNG AND FAIR. — Anonymous. She died in beauty, like a rose16- blown from its parent... | |
| John Wilson - 1858 - 322 pagina’s
...thy footing treads ¿ Thon dost preserve the stars from wrong And the most ancient heavens throngh thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed...or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of theeand art thon indeed their slave? Then thr poetry of Wordsworth must be to thee " As i- a picture... | |
| WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pagina’s
...laugh before thee on their beds ; And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I cull thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour... | |
| Anne Manning - 1858 - 306 pagina’s
...laugh before thee in their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads : Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong.' " You all look merry enough," said Mr. Glyn, coming up with the party just as they reached the escutcheoned... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pagina’s
...laugh before thee on their beds ; And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most 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... | |
| John Wilson - 1859 - 328 pagina’s
...treads , Thou dost preserve the «tars from wrong And the most ancient heavens through thee are frei<n and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thie— and art thou indeed their slave? Then th* poetry of Wordsworth must be to thee " A« \ea picture... | |
| Man - 1859 - 296 pagina’s
...laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most 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,... | |
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