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... Essays in the Romantic Poets - Page 187by Solomon Francis Gingerich - 1924 - 276 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...live, and act, and serve the future hour ; And if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go, Thro1 love, thro* hope, and faith's tramcendant power, We feel that we... | |
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...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 hour ; And... | |
| 1820 - 866 pages
...glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide ; The Form remains, the Function never dies ; While ne , the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our mom of youth defied The element*, must vanish :— be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...Still glides the Stream, and shall not cease to glide ; The Form remains, the Function never dies ; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our mom of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 pages
...abide ; 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,...transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS WRITTEN IN l82I, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CASES PART I From the Introduction of Christianity... | |
| 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 hire power To live, and act, and serve the future hoar; And if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go. Thro'... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...the wise, We Hen, who in our morn of youth defied TLr rlements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Uoagh, if something from our hands have power | to live, and act, and serve the future hour; I lad if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's traoscendant dower,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 pages
...something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as tow'rd the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope,...dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.* * See note, p. Si. POSTSCRIPT. A POET, whose works are not yet known as they deserve to be, thus enters... | |
| John Phillips - 1829 - 614 pages
...next ; and the progress of knowledge would be fatally retarded. The noble aspiration of Wordsworth — Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour, — is peculiarly applicable to the labours of men of science ; and it is with a full sense of the... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...abide; Still glides the stream, and shall not cease to glide, The form remains, the function never dies; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We...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, Through love,... | |
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