...was put To inquisition, long and profitless ! By pain of heart— now checked— and now impelled— The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abstruse, Some trace am I enabled to retain Of time, else...

...was put To inquisition, long and. profitless I By pain of heart—now checked—and now impelled— The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abgtrase, Srme trace am I enabled to retain Of tiuie,...

...and life was put To inquisition long and profitless. By pain of heart, now check'd, and now impell'd, The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way." *• He was awakened from his trance of sorrows by the French Revolution, and for a time felt all the...

...mighty heart is lying still !" THE PROGRESS OF A DARK AND TROUBLED MIND. " The intellectual bower, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way." DESCRIPTION OF A SWAN. " Behold the mantling spirit of reserve, Fashions his neck into a goodly curve...

...was put To inquisition, long and profitless! By pain of heart — now checked — and now impelled The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abstruse, Some trace am I enabled to retain Of time, else...

...Without an atom of defiling self To mar perfection with a stain of man! END OF BOOK I. BOOK THE SECOND. The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. WORDSWORTH. Melior origo nos expectat, alius rerum status. Dies iste, quem ianquam extremum reformidas,...

...defiling self To mar perfection with a stain of man ! END oF nooK I. BOOK THE SECOND. The intelleetual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. WORDSWORTH. Melior origo nos expeetat, alius rerum status. Dies isle, quern laniluam extremum reformidas,...

...everlasting truth, Without an atom of defiling self To mar perfection with a stain of man! BOOK THE SECOND. The intellectual Power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way. WORDSWORTH. Melior origo nos expectat, alius rerum status. Dies iste, quern tanquam extremum reformidas,...

...put To inquisition, long and profitless ! By pain of heart — now checked — and now impelled — The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! And from those transports, and these toils abstruse, Some trace am I enabled to retain Of time, else...

...feelings in the imagery of these three lines— " By pain of art—now checked—and now impelled— The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! " At last he is roused from this dejected mood by the glorious promises which seemed held out to...