twas ever meant That we should pry far off, yet be unraised ; That we should pore, and dwindle as we pore, Viewing all objects unremittingly In disconnection dead and spiritless; And still dividing and dividing still Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied... The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 517by William Wordsworth - 1892 - 951 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnection dead and spiritless ; And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied With the...upon whom Our dark foundations rest, could He design, Or will his rites and services permit, That this magnificent effect of Power, The Earth we tread, the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnexion dead and spiritless; And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied With the...waging thus An impious warfare with the very life <>f our own souls ! — And if indeed there be An all-pervading Spirit, upon whom Our dark foundations... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1833 - 550 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnection, dead and spiritless — And, still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur ; still unsatisfied With the perverse attempt, while littleness May become more little ; waging thus An impious warfare with the very life Of our own souls.* We repeat,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnexion dead and spiritless ; • And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied With the...very life Of our own souls ! < And if indeed there he An all-pervading Spirit, upon whom Our dark foundations rest, could he design That this magnificent... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 646 pages
...spiritless; And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied %Vith the perverse attempt, while littleness May yet become more little; waging thus An impious warfare 'gainst the very life Of our own souls. WORDSWORTH. Excurtion. B. iv. BOOK XL THE MECHA NICO - CHE... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 1046 pages
...spiritless ; And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied AVith the perverse attempt, while littleness May yet become more little ; waging thus An impious warfare 'gainst the very life Of our own souls. WORDSWOHTH. Excurnon. B. iv. BOOK XI. THE MECHA NICO - C HEM... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnexion dead and spiritless ; And still dividing, and dividing still, t what yourselves create, Think, for a moment, on...keen nature's clamorous call, Stretch 'd on his straw «ouls ! And if indeed there be An all-pervading spirit, upon whom Our dark foundations rest, could... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...objeets unremittingly In disconnexion dead and spiritless ; And still dividing, and dividing still, Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied With the...foundations rest, could he design That this magnificent effeet of power, The earth we tread, the sky that we behold By day, and all the pomp which night revealа... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...disconnection dead and spiritless; And still dividing and dividing still Break down all grandeur, slill unsatisfied With the perverse attempt, while littleness...thus An impious warfare with the very life Of our own souls!—And if indeed there be An all-pervading spirit, upon whom Our dark foundations rest, could... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...objects unremittingly In disconnection dead and spiritless ; And still dividing and dividing still Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied • With the perverse attempt, while littleness ,i May yet become more little ; waging thus , • An impious warfare with the very life Of our own... | |
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