 Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide; The Form remains, the Function never dies; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish; — be it so! Enough, if something from our...  Spring-tide: Or, The Angler and His Friends - Page 32by John Yonge Akerman - 1850 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...Still glidei the Stream, and shall for ever glide ; The Form remains, the Function never dies; White w, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish : — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...glide ; The Form remain*, the Function never dies v While we, the brave , the mighty, and the wise, \Vu Men/ who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish : — be it so ! Enough,.if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 pages
...cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide ; Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide ; The Form remains, the Function never dies...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Stream, and shall for ever glide ; The Form remains, the Function never die* ; While ire, the brave,thc Q&e i b f — be it so! Enough, if. something from our hands hire power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 pages
...Vain sympathies! For, backward, Duddon ! as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the Stream, and shall not cease to glide;...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish; — be it so! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...away,—Vain sympathies! For. backward, Duddon! as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the stream, and shall not cease to glide,...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ;—be it so! To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 392 pages
...cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide ; Still -glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide ; The Form remains, the Function never dies...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ;—be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | Robert Isaac Wilberforce - 1845 - 272 pages
...DESTRUCTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE ITS FINAL HOMAGE TO THE FIFTH EMPIRE — CLOSE OP ANCIENT HISTORY. Still glides the stream, and shall not cease to glide...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; be it so, — Enough if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847 - 678 pages
...Julian. WELL, though not wedded to seclusion, I confess there are many charms in a country life ; hut much depends on association. Senex. He only whose...Simon thinks of the country ? S. You can ask him. I '11 wager he would prefer his own native meadows to the streets of London, notwithstanding the legends... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...already arc the buds of spring preparing ; but nature seems to say, no second spring is given to man. " Still glides the stream, and shall not cease to glide...our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish. " And not only so. Even the sweetest hopes and affections which we have cherished — the tender relationships... | |
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