 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...with distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness : For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seem'd mine. But now afflictions bow me down to earth : Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth, But... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...me, like the twining vine, And frniU, and foliage, not my own, seem'd mine. fiat now afflictions how me down to earth : Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth, Bnt oh ! each visitation Suspends what nature gave me at my birth, Mj duping spirit of Imagination.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...with distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness: For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seemed mine. Bat DOW afflictions bow me down to earth : Nor care 1 that they rob me of my mirth. Rut oh ! each visitation... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...me, like Ihe twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not my own, scern'd mine. But now' affliction» that shudder'U, she unbound The cincture from beneath Suípende what nature gave me at my birth, My shaping spirit of Imagination. For not to think of what... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 270 pages
...distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness; When hope grew round me like the twining vine, And fruits and foliage, not my own, seemed mine:" " But seared thoughts now bow me down to earth, Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth. But, oh ! each visitation... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 274 pages
...distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness; When hope grew round me like the twining vine, And fruits and foliage, not my own, seemed mine:" I might then have some hope of conveying to you, with good effect, the results of my experience. "... | |
 | 1836 - 804 pages
...if possihle, the sense of pain. " But now afflictions how me to the earth, Nor care I that they roh me of my mirth; But, oh, each visitation Suspends what Nature gave me at my hirth, My shaping spirit of imagination — For not to think of what I needs must feel, But to he still... | |
 | James Gillman - 1838 - 386 pages
...happiness : " For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, " And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seem'd mine. " But now afflictions bow me down to earth:...Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth, " But oh 1 each visitation " Suspends what nature gave me at my birth, " My shaping spirit of imagination. "... | |
 | James Gillman - 1838 - 396 pages
...distress, " And all misfortunes were but as the stuff " Whence fancy made me dreams of happiness : " For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, " And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seem'd mine. " But now afflictions bow me down to earth : - - Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pages
...with distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness : For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not my own, seem'd mine. But now afflictions bow me down to earth : Nor care I that they rob me of my mirth. But... | |
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There was a time when, though my path was rough, This joy within me dallied with distress, And all misfortunes were but as the stuff Whence Fancy made me dreams of happiness : For hope grew round me, like the twining vine, And fruits, and foliage, not... 
