... guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid... Bulletin of the Essex Institute - Page 18by Essex Institute - 1882Full view - About this book
| 1808 - 596 pages
...strength decay, Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away.' In Mr. Wordsworth's poetry, more perhaps ttfan in that of any other man, we frequently... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : j Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VII. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of Song from distant lands shall call To that great... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great is passed away. VI. VII. THE KING OF SWEDEN. THE Voice of Song from distant lands shall call To that... | |
| 1922 - 874 pages
...did, the evils that it condoned, here was something which lived, and now the life has gone from it. " Men are we and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is panned away." 190 191 TWO VALLEYS IN FKANCE. BY STEPHEN GWYNN. OF all things in this world, I most... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pages
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. VII. THE KINO OF sWEDEN. THE Voice of Song from distant lands shall call To that great... | |
| 1820 - 490 pages
...strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of respect be paid When hit long cuutve hath pan iu final day, Men are we— and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great hath past away !" From the Literary Gazette. A SO\G TO DAVlD.t very remarkable and scarce poem has... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid, When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away." The next is by the late Mr. Keats, and was written on the subject of his first reading... | |
| 1823 - 428 pages
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid, When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away." The next is by the late Mr. Keats, and was written on the subject of his first reading... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 426 pages
...strength decay ; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid, When her long life hath reached its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pasg'd away." The next is by the late Mr. Keats, and was written on the subject of his first reading... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...strength decay, Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reach'd its final day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is pass'd away." But if you would love Wordsworth, without ceasing to admire him, I advise you to read... | |
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