The Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2Methuen, 1908 |
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... Beauty • X. Composed by the Sea - shore XI . The Crescent - moon , the Star of Love XII . To the Moon XIII . To the Moon XIV . To Lucca Giordano XV . Who but is pleased to watch the moon on high 290 292 293 293 295 296 297 XVI . Where ...
... Beauty • X. Composed by the Sea - shore XI . The Crescent - moon , the Star of Love XII . To the Moon XIII . To the Moon XIV . To Lucca Giordano XV . Who but is pleased to watch the moon on high 290 292 293 293 295 296 297 XVI . Where ...
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... beauty to enfold , And having rights in all that we behold . -Then why these lingering steps ? -A bright adieu , For a brief absence , proves that love is true ; Ne'er can the way be irksome or forlorn That winds into itself for sweet ...
... beauty to enfold , And having rights in all that we behold . -Then why these lingering steps ? -A bright adieu , For a brief absence , proves that love is true ; Ne'er can the way be irksome or forlorn That winds into itself for sweet ...
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... beauty to enfold , And having rights in all that we behold . -Then why these lingering steps ? -A bright adieu , For a brief absence , proves that love is true ; Ne'er can the way be irksome or forlorn That winds into itself for sweet ...
... beauty to enfold , And having rights in all that we behold . -Then why these lingering steps ? -A bright adieu , For a brief absence , proves that love is true ; Ne'er can the way be irksome or forlorn That winds into itself for sweet ...
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... beauty is thy earthly dower ! Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head : And these grey rocks ; that household lawn ; Those trees , a veil just half withdrawn ; This fall of water that doth make A murmur ...
... beauty is thy earthly dower ! Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head : And these grey rocks ; that household lawn ; Those trees , a veil just half withdrawn ; This fall of water that doth make A murmur ...
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... beauty of a scene Whose mountains , torrents , lake , and woods , unite Το pay thee homage ; and with these are joined , In willing admiration and respect , Two Hearts , which in thy presence might be called 30 Youthful as Spring ...
... beauty of a scene Whose mountains , torrents , lake , and woods , unite Το pay thee homage ; and with these are joined , In willing admiration and respect , Two Hearts , which in thy presence might be called 30 Youthful as Spring ...
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Page 337 - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove...
Page 315 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 324 - He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 33 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 30 - ONCE did she hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the safeguard of the west : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of liberty. She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a mate, She must espouse the everlasting sea.
Page 32 - Two Voices are there ; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty...
Page 338 - Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security. And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need.
Page 324 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie Some random truths he can impart, — The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 33 - In the open sunshine, or we are unblest: The wealthiest man among us is the best: No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore: Plain living and high thinking are no more: The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802 Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee...
Page 327 - was well begun, Then from thy breast what thought, Beneath so beautiful a sun, So sad a sigh has brought?" A second time did Matthew stop; And fixing still his eye Upon the eastern mountain-top, To me he made reply...