 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 on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong...  The English Poets - Page 53edited by - 1893Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 464 pages
...deferred The task, in smoother walks to stray ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction...treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And themost ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh andstrong . To humbler functions, awful Power ! I... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1887 - 490 pages
...might. " 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...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." It has sometimes been objected to Wordsworth's poetry, that while it is full of natural religion it... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thttu dost preserve the stare from wrong, And the most ancient heavens, through...guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give ; And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...I now would serve more strietly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunetion in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But...heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler funetions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh, let... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But in the quietness of thought: Me this uncharter'd freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance-desires...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! 1 call thee : I myself commend unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy'face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance...guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...the quietness of thought : Me this unchartered freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for...I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...laugh before thee on their beds ; And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stare from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through...guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give;. And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...deferred The task, in smoother walks to stray ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction...from this hour ; Oh ! let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...deferred The task, in smoother walks to stray ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction...wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, ore fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance... | |
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