 Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And...  The Outline of Literature - Page 618edited by - 1923 - 1136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 590 pages
...gathered now like sleeping Jtewirs," In the following bold imagery he embodies the idea of Duty. " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." But the poem in which this lofty feeling of intimate communion with nature is most unfolded as a Philosophy... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...idea of Duty. " Flowers laugh before thec on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Ttou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." But the poem in which this lofty feeling of intimate communion with nature is most unfolded as a Philosophy... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 490 pages
...more. 5 ADDRESS TO Di-TV.1* — Wwittvorth. Stem Lt ygiver ! yet them dost wear The Godhead's must benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong 6. DEATH or THE YOUNG AND FAIR. — Anonymous. She died in beauty, like a rose16- blown from its parent... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 462 pages
...scope and spirit, but by those who feel the sublimity of these four lines in his " Ode to Duty,"— " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 456 pages
...scope and spirit, but by those who feel the sublimity of these four lines in his " Ode to Duty,"— " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 460 pages
...and spirit, but by those •who feel the sublimity of these four lines in his " Ode to Duty," — " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1857 - 492 pages
...smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee in their beds : And fragrance in thy footing trends. Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; , And the...ancient Heavens through thee are fresh and strong." And therefore in his poems there will ever be a spring of something even fresher than poetic life —... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 pages
...has learned so much : Wisdom is humble54 that he knows no more. 5 ADDRESS TO DUTY.™ — Wordtworth. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything BO fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And Fragrance in thy... | |
 | 1857 - 496 pages
...men of that day, had seen the light of the countenance of God shining clear into the face of Duty: " Stern Lawgiver ! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee in their beds : And fragrance... | |
 | 1857 - 494 pages
...men of that day, had seen the light of the countenance of God shining clear into the face of Duty : " Stern Lawgiver ! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee in their beds : And fragrance... | |
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