 The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest, Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast:...  English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) - Page 393by John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 766 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and •outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise : But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...that in our embers The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest, Delight...—Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, fallings from us, vanishings, Blank... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 pages
...was so fugitive I The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 770 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest ; Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, " Fallings from us, vanishings... | |
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