There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,... The Ladies' Companion - Page 1721857Full view - About this book
| 1875 - 828 pages
...Wordsworth speaks in his immortal ode : " There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...piety. See page M . THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common eight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn whereso'er I may, By night or... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. — Wordsworth. THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 272 pages
...done. 'Tis moonlight over Oman's sea. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory c and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been I of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may,'f... | |
| People's and Howitt's journal - 938 pages
...and Then — There wi7» a time when meadow, grove, and stream, ,, Th« earth ana n-rry common light, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the fresl.nea of a dream. It is not now as it bath been of yore ;— Turn wheresoo'r I may, By ni^ut or... | |
| Charles Swain - 1847 - 364 pages
...To him are opening Paradise. Gray. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. Wordsworth. POEMS AND SONGS. THE OTHER DAY. Till, in my soul, she grew enshrined,... | |
| Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 pages
...IV. THE WASTE HOWLING WILDERNESS. " There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore : — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
| Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1849 - 274 pages
...cheerlessness of every day existence. " There was a time, when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now, as it has been of yore; Turn wheresoe'er I may By night or day,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...Bound each to each by natural piety." THERE was a time when meadow, grove, and spring, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn whereso'er I may, By night or... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...RECOLLECTIONS OF KAKI.V CHILDHOOD. There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore ; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night... | |
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