 I, loving freedom, and untried ; No sport of every random gust, Yet being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust; And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks to stray ; But thee I now would...  Essays and Poems by Frances Mary Owen - Page 161by Frances Mary Owen - 1887 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pages
...being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust : And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks...more strictly, if I may Through no disturbance of my sou], Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control ; But in the quietness of thought... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust : And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks...stray ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if 1 may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, 1 supplicate for thy... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 400 pages
...CHAPTER XVI. And oft, when in my heart I heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother paths to stray, But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may, Ode to Deity.—WOBDSWOBTH. T ASSONTHWAYTE lost none of its charms on I I closer acquaintance. Mr.... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 398 pages
...CHAPTER XVL And oft, when in my heart I heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother paths to stray, But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may, Ode to Duty— WOHDSWOMB, T ASSONTHWAYTE lost none of its charms on IA closer acquaintance. Mr. Hunt's... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...being to myself a guide, Too blmdly have reposed my trust ; And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks...stray ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, f I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong' compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust: And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks...may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong cumpunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control: But in the quietness of thought; Me this unchartered... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust : And oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I deferred The task, in smoother walks...this unchartered freedom tires ; I feel the weight of chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same.... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1857 - 492 pages
...as he tells us himself, " feel the weight of too much liberty." In his finest poem he declares — " Me this unchartered freedom tires, I feel the weight of chance desires." And no doubt he had even too complete a poetic mastery over himself, or rather perhaps he had too quiet... | |
 | 1857 - 496 pages
...as he tells us himself, " feel the weight of too much liberty." In his finest poem he declares — " Me this unchartered freedom tires, I feel the weight of chance desires." And no doubt he had even too complete a poetic mastery over himself, or rather perhaps he had too quiet... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...oft, when in my heart was heard Thy timely mandate, I doferr'd The task imposed, from day to day ; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may....control ; But in the quietness of thought ; Me this uncharter'd freedom tires J I feel the weight of chance desires : My hopes no more must change their... | |
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