Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong.... Literary Style: And Other Essays - Page 180by William Mathews - 1881 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, By my half-kitchen my half-parlour fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...with my desire; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, By my half-kitchen my half-parlour fire. And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the lov'd presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the lov'd presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its faint undersong. XXII.... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. XXXIX.... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. Personal... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than suck discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the (lapping of the ll.ime, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. CONTINUED.... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Painted on rich men's floors, for one feastnight. Better than such discourse doth silence long, I>«ng, lov'd presence of my cottage-fire, And I], i, -ii to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1838 - 508 pages
...one. feiist-ni^ht. lU-tter than such di.tcoursc doth »ilenee Ion;;, bin;!, harren nilenoc, nqiiarc with my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim. In the loved presence of my cottage-fire. And listen to the flapping of the flame. Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. XL.... | |
| |