| English literature - 1847 - 446 pages
...The heart that loved lier ; 'tis her privilege. Through iill the years of this our life, to lead Prom joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is...within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed "With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, K;ish judgments, nor the sneers of selfish... | |
| 1847 - 436 pages
...Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tie her nriv Through all the yean of this onr lire, to lead From joy to joy -, for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With tpiietness and beauty, and so feed With lufty thoughts, tlnit neither evil tongues, Kush judgments,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1847 - 672 pages
...him we most lovingly recommend it, with all its life-lengthening, invigorating influences : ' FOR it can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and HO feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Hash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish uieu,... | |
| Elizabeth R. Epperly - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 292 pages
...dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ... (119-25) A childhood favourite of Montgomery, Wordsworth is shown here to be woven into Emily's... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of...within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make. Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of...within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues. Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men,... | |
| Andrew J. Davis - 1996 - 438 pages
...Nature never did betrty The heart that loved her ; 'tia her privilege, Through all the years of this oar life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform...mind that is within us. so impress With quietness aud beauty, and ao feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongne*, Ranh judgments, flor the sneers... | |
| Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray the heart that loved her; 'Tis her privilege through all the years of this...within us, || so impress with quietness and beauty, and || so feed with lofty thoughts, That neither || evil tongues, || rash judgments, || nor the sneers... | |
| John Rieder - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 284 pages
...hold them together: And this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of...within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men,... | |
| George Hughes - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 274 pages
...dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ... (119-25) One could conclude the interpretation of the poem here in a state of modified pessimism... | |
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