 | 1903 - 606 pages
...return to nature which Wordsworth inaugurated, comparing it with a child's return to its mother : — ' He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth.' says Matthew Arnold ; and so Mr. Watson : — ' Thee he approached without distrust or dread," i•••••... | |
 | 1871 - 880 pages
...He, too, upon a wintry clime Had fallen, — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, and fears, He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round, — He ¡»poke and loosed our hearts in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool, flowery lap of... | |
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...Arnold's poetry ever really exerts, be more nearly applicable to most men's debt to Aim : — - . " He laid us as we lay at birth, On the cool flowery bp of earth; Smiles broke from us, and we had eue. The hills were round us, and the breeze Went o'er... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1855 - 270 pages
...gloom. Wordsworth has gone from us — and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we. He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts,...bound Our souls in its benumbing round ; He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 348 pages
...gloom. Wordsworth has gone from us — and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we. He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts,...bound Our souls in its benumbing round: He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1856 - 350 pages
...ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we. He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time f Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears. He found...bound Our souls in its benumbing round : He spoke, and loos' d our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1885 - 514 pages
...dreaming' spires." This love Mr. Arnold learnt from Wordsworth. Now hear him on his great master himself. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery...lap of earth, Smiles broke from us and we had ease. And again : Keep fresh the grase upon his grave Oh Botha, with thy living wave ! Sing him thy best,... | |
 | 1875 - 804 pages
...gloom. Wordsworth hns gone from us — and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we ! He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts,...in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowcry lap of earth ; Smiles broke from us and we had case. The hills were round us, and the breeze... | |
 | 1875 - 810 pages
...gloom. Wordsworth has gone from us — and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we ! He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts,...when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing roundHe spoke, and loosed our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1878 - 832 pages
...gloom. Wordsworth has gone from us, — and ye, Ah, may ye feel his voice as we ! He, too, upon a wintry clime Had fallen, — on this iron time Of doubts,...in its benumbing round ; He spoke, and loosed our hearts in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth, On the cool, flowery lap of earth ; Smiles broke from... | |
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He too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears. He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round ; He spoke, and loosed our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool... 
