Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts,... Wild flowers and their teachings - Page 53by Wild flowers - 1845Full view - About this book
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...behold in thee what 1 was once, My dear, dear sister ! And this prayer I make, Knowing that nature never eeping, the cold, the buried image of the past. Poetry...immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the tongue*, Hash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...behold in tbee what 1 was once, My dear, dear sister ! And this prayer I make, Knowing that nature never illiant. His 'Geneviève' is a pure and exquisite love-poem, without tongue.% Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all... | |
| American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...as large as an English county. The present poet laureate of England has thus written : 'Tis Nature's privilege, Through all the years of this our life,...thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, not the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister ! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege,...tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail... | |
| Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...nauseate them, and quickly feel the thinness of a popular breath. Those that are so fond of applause From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that...tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...sea, air, with light, With pomp, with glory, with magnificence ! COMMUNION WITH NATURE. NATCRE never did betray The heart that loved her : 'tis her privilege,...for she can so inform The mind that is within us, no impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lolly thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rath... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...in thee what I was once, Мт dear, dear Sister ! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege,...life, to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform Toe mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...counter-stroke; that I must necessarily wound myscff, when I wound another, NATURE ALWAYS TRUE. JVafure — never did betray The heart, that loved her! Tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to leud From joy to /ay; for she can so inform The mind, that is within us, so impress, With quietness... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...coun/e^stroke; that I must necessarily wound myseff, when I wound another. MATURE ALWAYS TRXHt. Nature—never did betray The heart, that loved her! Tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, lo lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind, lhat is tettAin us. so impress, With quietness... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...ALWAYS TRCK. Nature— never did betrav The Jienrt, lliat Un-ed her! rTis her privilege, Thronsh all ihe years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy; for she can so inform Tlie mind, that is irithin us, so impress, \Vtih (fttietness and beauty, and so/cw/ With lofty thou... | |
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