 In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer thro' the woods,...  Memoir of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Hemans - Page 276by Miss Browne - 1839 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 pages
...but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...but a vain belief,- yet, oh ! how oftr. In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world,. Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...belief, yet, oh! how oft, In darkness, and, amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light, when the ftetful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon -the beatings of my heart, How oft in spirit, have I turned to thec O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the woods How often has... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light; when the fretful .stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer thro' the woods, How often... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in .spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye !" Thou wanderer thro' the woodi, How often... | |
 | 1860 - 796 pages
...deep power of joy," and seen beneath a ruffled surface an inner life of peace. And even now, for us, when " The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of the heart — How oft, in spirit," may we turn to pictures such as these by Scheffer, and find a blessed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan W,ye ! Thou wanderer thro' the woods, How often... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless day-light ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thec, O sylvan Wye ! thou wanderer thro' the woods, How often... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever...the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, O sylvan Wye ! Thou wanderer through the woods, How often... | |
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