 O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live; Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah...  The English Poets - Page 124edited by - 1893Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 610 pages
...lady, we receive but what we give, And in our life does Nature live ; R2 Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher...Earth. — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element." Dejection, an... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loneless ever-anxious crowd, Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth, A light, a glory, a fair luminous... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 pages
...us, when there is a mind at peace within us. Coleridge's words are as true as they are beautiful. " O lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...higher worth Than that inanimate cold world allowed 'nii,.i. To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, , t Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth ,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1848 - 406 pages
...I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! v. O pure of... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1850 - 300 pages
...FLOWERS FOR CHILDREN, 6tO. We receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live : Ours ia her wedding-garment, ours her shroud! And would we...Earth: And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sound* the life and element! COLMJDGC. ELEVENTH... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1850 - 282 pages
...thy child Take back the lost and found ! A THOUGHT OF PARADISE "" We receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live; Ours is her wedding-garment,...poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah : from the soul Itaelf must issue forth A light, a glory, a (air luminous cloud, Enveloping the earth ; And from the... | |
 | 1851 - 902 pages
...would we aught behold of higher worth Than that inanimate, cold world allowed To the poor, loncless, ever-anxious crowd — Ah ! from the soul itself must...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! ' ART. VII.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge - 1854 - 396 pages
...I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within. IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life...Earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! v. O pure of... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...its bonds of clay, It soars and seeks another sphere, And blooms through heaven's eternal year. Moir. O Lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life...luminous cloud Enveloping the earth, And from the mul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 712 pages
...within. . '.IV. O Lady ! we receive but what we give, if And in our life alone does nature live.." M Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud ! And...Earth: — And from the soul itself must there be sent V. 0 pure of heart ; thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What, and... | |
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