Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From, joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts,... Literature and Life - Page 544by Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922Full view - About this book
| Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 352 pages
...HISTORY. " Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege, Through all the yean of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for she...is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail ngainst us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessing."... | |
| Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1858 - 450 pages
...impulse to sing in his soul Gloría in exctlsis .' — Spectator. A COUNTRY RAMBLE. ' Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege,...feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Hash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for ihe can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress...is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...behold in thee what 1 was once, My dear, dear sister ! And this prayer I make, Knowing that nature never eeping, the cold, the buried image of the past. Poetry...immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the tongue*, Hash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...behold in tbee what 1 was once, My dear, dear sister ! And this prayer I make, Knowing that nature never illiant. His 'Geneviève' is a pure and exquisite love-poem, without tongue.% Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all... | |
| 1850 - 642 pages
...as large as an English county. The present poet laureate of England has thus written : 'Tis Nature's privilege, Through all the years of this our life,...thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, not the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister ! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege,...is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.... | |
| Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...nauseate them, and quickly feel the thinness of a popular breath. Those that are so fond of applause From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that...is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...that loved her! Tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to leud From joy to /ay; for she can so inform The mind, that is within us,...selfish men, Nor greetings, where no kindness is. nor ail The dreary intercourse of common life Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...sea, air, with light, With pomp, with glory, with magnificence ! COMMUNION WITH NATURE. NATCRE never did betray The heart that loved her : 'tis her privilege,...for she can so inform The mind that is within us, no impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lolly thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rath... | |
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