 So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface...  The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 865by William Wordsworth - 1892 - 951 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The...what if hence a bold desire should mount High as the Snn, that he could take account Of all that issues from his glorious fount ! So might he ken how by... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 416 pages
...sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, tin-own On the smooth surface of this naked stone So might he ken how hy his sovereign aid These delicate... | |
 | Rugby sch - 1850 - 176 pages
...half-belief, that the flower was conscious of tne pleasure it gave ; That to this mountain daisy's self were known, The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone. ; The shadow has in it something deeper and more divine than the blossom itself; it is the link between... | |
 | Henry Townley - 1852 - 110 pages
...Would that the little flowers were born to live Conscious of half the pleasure which they give : — That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone." "Why, I say, if you will follow the theory merely of suggestion, there are no suggestions of more fascination,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pages
...him, and the grateful influence they have upon his mind as often as he reads them, or thinks of them. And what if hence a bold desire should mount High...account Of all that issues from his glorious fount ! So might he ken how by his sovereign aid These delicate companionships are made ; And how he rules... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pages
...sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The...shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone ! * In the class entitled " Musings, " in Mr. Southey's Minor Poems, is one upon his own miniature... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 500 pages
...flowers were born to live Conscious of half the pleasure which they give. That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone." That is a little bit of good, downright, foreground painting — no mistake about it; daisy, and shadow,... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1858 - 206 pages
...fiowers were born to live Conscious of half the pleasure which they give. That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone.' Orthodoxy has dreams more groundless than these. But the office of man is not to dream dreams, or have... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 496 pages
...flowers were born to live Conscious of half the pleasure which they give. That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of tltis naked stone." That is a little bit of good, downright, foreground painting — no mistake about... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The...account Of all that issues from his glorious fount ! So might he ken how by his sovereign aid These delicate companionships are made ; And how he rules... | |
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