 Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong....  Literary Style: And Other Essays - Page 180by William Mathews - 1881 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 622 pages
...; These all wear out of me, like forms with chalk Fainted on rich men's floors for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its faint undersong. " Yet life," you say, "is life ; we have seen and see, And with a living... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...stalk, These all wear out of me, like forms with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feastnight. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "Yet... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...rich men's floors, for one feast. nighL Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, harren silence, square with my desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my coitnge.fire. And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "Yet... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...my little boat Painted on rich men s floors for one feast Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Better than such discourse doth silence long, —...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. "... | |
 | Frederick Meyrick - 1873 - 178 pages
...heart sorrow-laden, For the cold green eyes of a little mermaiden, And the touch of her glassy hair. K Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long...the flapping of the flame, Or kettle chirping its faint under-song. VL Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean ; Tears from the depth of some divine... | |
 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 pages
...stalk, These all wear out of me, like forms with chalk Painted on rich men's floors for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. WILLIAM... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Painted on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long,...emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong,1 "... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1876 - 628 pages
...saying everything that comes into the mind, and on revealing the smallest facts of personal history. " Better than such discourse doth silence long, Long, barren silence, square with my desire," says Wordsworth, and says well. Mr. Carson, in the American story, is represented as one of those persons... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1877 - 424 pages
...his sight. ***** Better than such discourse did silence, long, Long barren silence square with his desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of his cottage fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong."... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1878 - 1112 pages
...These all wear out of me, like Forms, with chalk Pointed on rich men's floors, for one feast-night. Better than such discourse doth silence long. Long, barren silence, square with ray desire ; To sit without emotion, hope, or aim, In the loved presence of my cottage-fire, And listen... | |
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