Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 229by William Wordsworth - 1893Full view - About this book
| 1911 - 518 pages
...bright ; Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn. Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state. Who,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...alone, ami owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable...to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like thowers of manna,... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 602 pages
...demanded all the highest qualities of the soul, as well as the devotion of the time and heart of him, " Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful, with a singleness of aim." The friendship which about this time he formed with Jacobi, threw him again on the path of philosophy,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable...to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable...to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...and owes ' To virtue every triumph that he knows; — —Who, if he rise to station of command, Hises JpA ī2 7 4TH = βZ ) M JI @ + y s@ ^ _ F S ... u Ŷ = M =\ +#}Ò t8 jY W[ * 25 J M$ l I= ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state; Whom they... | |
| Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1841 - 396 pages
...evening went off undisturbed, though with less to relate than the hours that preceded it. CHAPTER XI. Who comprehends his trust; and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim. Wordsworth. GRACE accompanied her mamma to her room that night, and as soon as they had reached it... | |
| Robert Armitage - 1842 - 1064 pages
...VIII. Thou princely leader of the English strength. Henry VI. Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable...the same Keeps faithful, with a singleness of aim : And therefore docs not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, for honours, or for worldly state. WoaMwoaTn.... | |
| 1843
...good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable...to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state, Whom... | |
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