 Add that whate'er of terror or of love Or beauty, Nature's daily face put on From transitory passion, unto this I was as sensitive as waters are To the sky's influence in a kindred mood Of passion ; was obedient as a lute That waits upon the touches of...  The Living Age - Page 701872Full view - About this book
 | 1889 - 614 pages
...in turn go forth from himself to evolve fresh harmonies in Nature. To all her aspects. he became ' as sensitive as waters are To the sky's influence...as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind.' In his intercourse with Nature he has preserved the glory of his child's delight in all its freshness... | |
 | 1872 - 858 pages
...them feel, Or linked them to some feeling: . . . Add that whate'er of Terror or of Love, Or Beanty, Nature's daily face put on From transitory passion,...unto this I was as sensitive! as waters are To the eky's influence in a kindred mood Of passion ; was obedient as a lute That waits upon the touches of... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning. Add that whate'er of Terror or of Love, Or Beauty, Nature's daily face...as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind. Unknown, unthought of, yet I was most rich— I had a world about me — 'twas my own ; I made it,... | |
 | 1850 - 890 pages
...nobler passages of poetry than those lines afford we are not likely soon to see again :— . " Whate'er of terror, or of love, Or beauty, nature's daily face...as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind. Unknown, uuthought of, yet was I most rich — I had a world about me — 'twas my own : I made it,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1850 - 412 pages
...bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning. Add that whate'er of Terror or of Love Or Beauty, Nature's daily face...as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind. Unknown, unthought of, yet I was most rich— I had a world about me—'twas my own ; I made it, for... | |
 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 pages
...nobler passages of poetry than those lines afford we are not likely soon to see again :— " Whate'er of terror, or of love, Or beauty, nature's daily face put on From transitory pastion, unto this I was as sensitive as waters are To the sky's influence in a kindred mood Of passion... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning. Add (hat whalc'er of Terror or of Lovo Or Benuty, SCOTLAND. PART fenced by man, part by a ragged steep " ; Unknown, unthought of, yet I was most rich— I had a world about me — 'twas my own ; I made... | |
 | 1851 - 724 pages
...nothing to the delicacy of a soul that was to the spirit of Btauty that pervades heaven and earth " obedient as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind." Ho laughed with Chaucer " beside the pleasant mill at Trompington ;" called the "sweet Spenser," "... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 432 pages
...bedded in a quickening soul, and all That I beheld respired with inward meaning. Add that whate'er of Terror or of Love Or Beauty, Nature's daily face...as a lute That waits upon the touches of the wind. Unknown, unthought of, yet I was most rich, — I had a world about me, — 't was my own ; ' I made... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...bedded in a quickening soul, and all . That I beheld respired with inward meaning. ' Add that whate'er of Terror or of Love Or Beauty, Nature's daily face put on From transitory passion, unto this I 1 was as sensitive as waters are To the sky's influence in a kindred mood Of passion ; was obedient... | |
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