 Is placable, because occasions rise So often that demand such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness...  The Poetical Works of Wordsworth - Page 422by William Wordsworth - 1881 - 707 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more expos'd to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive...are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse 111, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...able to endure, As more expos'd to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. 32 Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that...tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...and their good receives ; By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate ; Is placable — because occasions...tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...and their good receives ; By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate ; Is placable — because occasions...tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone,... | |
 | 1822 - 486 pages
...that demand such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; nHfre able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress;...Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil fbr a guard against worse ill, • And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...subdues , tranunotr*, 354 355 By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling-, render'd more compassionate ; Is placable — because occasions...tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...and their good receives; By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate; Is placable — because occasions rise...distress; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. — 'T is he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence, in... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 452 pages
...people, honour, safety, and the means of perpetual pro gross. CHAPTER III. MORALS OF POLITICS. " TIB b<» whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as...tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill. And what in quality or act is best, .Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good... | |
 | 1840 - 824 pages
...receive; By objects, which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, render'd more compassionate; Are placable because occasions rise So often that demand...and distress, Thence also more alive to tenderness.' This exquisite picture cannot be a portraiture of all military men, it is true ; nor do we pretend... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1840 - 536 pages
...receive; By objects which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate ; Are placable because occasions rise So often that demand...more exposed to suffering and distress, Thence also mote alive to tenderness." This exquisito picture cannot be a portraiture of all military men, it is... | |
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