 | 1866 - 628 pages
...by the memory of ungrateful returns for many blessings is plain. In ' The Retreat ' he says — Oh ! how I long to travel back And tread again that ancient track ; That I might once more reach that plaine Where first I left my glorious traine, From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That stately... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of eveiiastingnesse. O how I long to travell back, And tread again that ancient track ! That I might once more reach that plaine, Where first I left my glorious traine ; From whence th' enlightened spirit sees That shady... | |
 | George MacDonald - 1868 - 356 pages
...had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense ; But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to...Where first I left my glorious train, From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm-trees. COMPARISON WITH WORDSWORTH. 255 But ah !... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 pages
...had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O, how I long to...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit seos That shady city of palm-trees ! But, ah ! my soul with too much stay Is... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. 20 Oh how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit sees 25 That shady City of palm-trees. But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is... | |
 | 1868 - 688 pages
...love ; And, looking back at that short space, Could catch a glimpse of his bright face ; » * * » O how I long to travel back,' And tread again that...that plain, Where first I left my glorious train,' &c. The view may be too poetical ; but I own I see no harm in such casual ebullitions of memory. Childhood... | |
 | 1868 - 676 pages
...first love ; And, looking back at that short space, Could catch a glimpse of his bright face ; * * * * O how I long to travel back,' And tread again that...that plain, Where first I left my glorious train,' &c. The view may be too poetical ; but I own I see no harm in such casual ebullitions of memory. Childhood... | |
 | Hetty Bowman - 1869 - 328 pages
...EDINBURGH: Crawford & M'Cabe, Printers, 15 Queen Street, Edinburgh. I. A LITTLE CHILD IN THE OLD HOUSE. ' O how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient track ! That I might once more reach that plaine Where first I left my glorious traine, From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady City... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence th' enlight'ned spirit sees That shaded City of Palm trees ! But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk,... | |
 | 1870 - 500 pages
...had the black art to dispense a several sin to every sense, but felt through all this fleshly dress bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to travel back and tread again that ancient track I that 1 might once more reach that plain where first I left my glorious train; from whence the enlightened... | |
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And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity ; Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinful sound, Or had the black art to dispense, A several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness.... 
