...Beneath the brutal sword ? — Her haughty Schools Shall blush ; and may not we with sorrow say, 10 A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought ? Wordsworth describes his enthusiastic interest in the Spanish Risings as follows : ' From the moment...

...people." And Wordsworth testifies that, while German schools might well blush for their subserviency, — "A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." Wycliffe was, no doubt, a learned man. But the learning of his day would have burned him, had it dared,...

...people." And Wordsworth testifies that, while German schools might well blush for their subserviency, — "A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind at I his unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." Wycliffe was, no doubt, a learned man....

...these German pioneers," and he applies to them the lines with which Wordsworth described the Swiss: " A few strong instincts and a few plain rules , Among...day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." Dr. Richards concludes: " The German giant is awakening and shaking his locks. The Pennsylvania German...

...people." And Wordsworth testifies that, while German schools might well blush for their subserviency — "A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." Wycliffe was, no doubt, a learned man. But the learning of his day would have burned him, had it dared,...

...people." And Wordsworth testifies that, while German schools might well blush for their subserviency — "A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." Wycliffe was, no doubt, a learned man. But the learning of his day would have burned him, had it dared,...

...against him: 44 , POETRY AND PROGRESS "Her haughty Schools Shall blush : and may we not with sorrow say A few strong instincts and a few plain rules Among...day Than all the pride of intellect and thought." The poetic imagination, you will observe, simplifies this vexed question of Liberty into "A few strong...

...Beneath the brutal sword ? — Her haughty Schools Shall blush ; and may not we with sorrow say — A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought ? (1809) "AND IS IT AMONG RUDE UNTUTORED DALES" AND is it among rude untutored Dales, There, and there...

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...deprest Beneath the brutal sword? Her haughty schools Shall blush; and may we not with sorrow say — A few strong instincts and a few plain rules, Among...herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind in this unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought?"' There is, however, another set of...