Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest,... Wordsworth-Tennyson - Page 11by William Stebbing - 1907Full view - About this book
| Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1844 - 264 pages
...diffuses over our whole being that joy, and peace, and hope, which take fast hold of immortality. " O ! joy, that in our embers Is something that doth...live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! " * * * "— those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pages
...Shades of the prison house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
| Charles Lanman - 1845 - 288 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as fate, and deep almost as life." 0 joy, that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive," " To me, the meanest flower that blows, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." Strange,... | |
| 1845 - 570 pages
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| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on Ms way attended ; At length... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pages
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| Theodore Parker - 1846 - 418 pages
...and small, it may be, but moving on the face of the deep, and bringing light out of darkness. " Oh joy that in our embers Is something that doth live, That Nature yet remembers What was so fugitive." Now to sum up the result. It seems, from the very Idea of God, that He must be infinitely present in... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther from the cast Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, IA INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. And by the vision splendid... | |
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