 Did both find, helpers to their hearts' desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish, — Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in "Utopia, — subterranean fields, — Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where ! But in the very world,...  The Living Age - Page 1121908Full view - About this book
 | 576 pages
...poet means when speaking of the rational pursuit of happiness, — Not in Utopia, — subterraneous fields, — Or some secreted island, Heaven knows...world Of all of us, — the place where in the end _' We iiin ! our happiness or not at all ! * We must make room for a quotation from one of the letters... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pages
...found himself brought back to fresh and natural feelings, and engaged, by some of its best attachments, In the very world — which is the world Of all of...in the end, We find our happiness, or not at all. Cowper had already reached the twentieth book of the Iliad, in a first version, and prosecuted the... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1836 - 774 pages
...plastic as they could wish, — Were railed npon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia — subterraneous fields— Or some secreted island— Heaven knows...where in the end We find our happiness, or not at all. — WORDSWORTH. So a great spirit describes his own emotions at the first hearings of that great convulsion,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 370 pages
...heart's desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish ; Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia, subterranean fields, Or some secreted...But in the very world, which is the world Of all of us,—the place where in the end We find our happiness, or not at all! 1805. XXVII. YES, it was the... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish, — Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia — subterranean fields, — Or some...where, in the end, We find our happiness, or not at all ! " Our space does not allow us to follow in detail the remarkable sketch he gives of his own position... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...heart's desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish ; Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia, subterranean fields, Or some secreted...where in the end We find our happiness, or not at all ! 1805. YES, it was the mountain Echo, Solitary, clear, profound, Answering to the shouting Cuckoo,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...heart's desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish ; Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia, subterranean fields, Or some secreted...where in the end We find our happiness, or not at all ! 1805. YES, it was the mountain Echo, Solitary, clear, profound, Answering to the shouting Cuckoo,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...ptnelic as Ilit-y could winh!— Were c-ill'il upi'n to exercise their skill Not in Utopia, BubterrnneoUH d d@ے*(ے* ے* и the world ОГ alt of UB, the place where in the end We find oui happiness, or not at all ! WORDSWORTH.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 pages
...plastic as they could wish! — Were call'd upon to exercise ihoir skill Not in Utopia, subterraneous fields. Or some secreted island, heaven knows where!...world Of all of us. the place where in the end We find oor happiness, or not at all ! WORDSWORTH. The Peace of Amiens deserved the name of peace, for it gave... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1850 - 396 pages
...desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish, — "Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in Utopia, — subterranean fields, — Or some...where, in the end, We find our happiness, or not at all ! Why should I not confess that Earth was then To me, what an inheritance, new-fallen, Seems, when... | |
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