O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty,... Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 426edited by - 1910 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Henry Calvert - Literary Criticism - 1878 - 278 pages
...! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive 1 The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual...or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering i' his breast : • Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! 122 INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live,...fluttering in his breast: — Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life I IX. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...still fluttering in his breast : Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...still fluttering in his breast Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life 1 O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...still fluttering in his breast: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1880 - 248 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...still fluttering in his breast : Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, P'allings... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live,...still fluttering in his breast : Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; / But for those obstinate questionings / Of sense and outward things,... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life l O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...still fluttering in his breast :Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life 1 O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live,...still fluttering in his breast ; Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 till quiring to the young-eyed chérubins ; Such harmomy...JESSICA. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. 3j 758 POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. • 1 El "ith new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast... | |
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