 ... wrath) fell headlong from the fields of air, Yet a rich guerdon waits on minds that dare, If aught be in them of immortal seed And reason govern that audacious flight Which heavenward they direct. — Then droop not thou, Erroneously renewing a sad...  Winged Words on Chantrey's Woodcocks - Page 56edited by - 1857 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Pearse Gillies - 1851 - 358 pages
...direct. Then droop not thou, Erroneously renewing a sad vow, In the low dell, mid Roslin's faded grove : A cheerful life is what the muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.* * Poetical Works, vol. ii. p. 280. Moxon, 1849. CHAPTER VIII. RECOLLECTIONS OF DR. THOMAS BROWNE. THE... | |
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 392 pages
...himself the subject of the sonnet by Wordsworth, in 1814, which concludes with the now-familiar lines " A cheerful life is what the muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight." In 1835-6, Gillies contributed some very interesting " Recollections of Sir Walter Scott" to Frazer's... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...sorrow — the victor of every woe — and thus is proved the wisdom of Wordsworth's thought — " A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight." In the following letter those qualities of mind are proved, and his industry and mental courage are... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...further-reaching vision of his imagination, to sweep these heresies away, showing by his own example that "A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime dolight,"f and teaching that lesson, which poetry and morals alike should give : " If thou be one whose... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 pages
...further-reaching vision of his imagination, to sweep these heresies away, showing by his own example that "A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight,"f and teaching that lesson, which poetry and morals alike should give : " If thou be one whose... | |
 | James Patrick Muirhead - 1857 - 230 pages
...we flew. Weep not : — our slayer life from death doth give, And we, once mortal, now undying live. LXX. " A cheerful life is what the Muses love, " A...grove These soaring cocks, must be Apollo quite ! JPM LXX I. Die ! 'mid the scenes ye lov'd so well, The woodland glade, the flow'ry lea : Live ! and in... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...further-reaching vision of his imagination, to sweep these heresies away, showing by his own example that " A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight," and teaching that lesson, which poetry and morals alike should give : " If thou be one whose heart... | |
 | Patrick Joseph Murray - 1857 - 368 pages
...every sorrow—the victor of every woe—and thus is proved the wisdom of Wordsworth's thought— " A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight." In the following letter those qualities of mind are proved, and his industry and mental courage are... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...— Then droop not thou, Erroneously renewing a sad vow In the low dell 'mid Roslin's faded grove : A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. CALVERT ! it must not be unheard by them Who may respect my name, that I to thee Owed many years of... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...sorrow — the victor of every woe — and thus is proved the wisdom of Wordsworth's thought — " A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight." In the following letter those qualities of mind are proved, and his industry and mental courage are... | |
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