 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
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...FHOJI HECOLLECT1ONS OI EARLY 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 has been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,... | |
 | Rufus Phineas Stebbins - 1864 - 358 pages
...religious poet has said it well : — " 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 frcshuess of a dream. It is not now as it hutli been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 620 pages
...Wordsworth begins his famous 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 aa it hath been of yore ; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD I 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 - 1865 - 316 pages
...RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD I 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1865 - 410 pages
...cloudless morn ! MRS. HEMANS. ODE. JHERE 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... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 pages
...That stars, Eve's many-twinkling lamps, appear : The cold night saturates the Earth with dew. CCXLVII. 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 wheresoc'er I may, " There was... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pages
...each to each by natural piety." I. THERE was a time when meadow, grovo, 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 boon of yore ; — Turn whcifsocVr I may, By night or... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...Immortality ; here is a passage from it : — 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... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. i. HERE 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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