These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood,... The Laureates of England, from Ben Jonson to Alfred Tennyson - Page 221edited by - 1895 - 459 pagesFull view - About this book
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...lug fire The Hermit gits alone. Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me Ag ig bodies passed. Around, aronnd, flew each sweet sound,...Sometime* all little birds that are, How they seem'd unremfmbercd pleasure : such, perhaps, As may have had no trivial influence On that best portion of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...: ihe tidei • fin* mile* *boTr But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, 1 have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations...mind, With tranquil restoration: — feelings too Of un remembered pleasure: stich, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion... | |
| Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 pages
...woods, Or of some hermit's cave, where by bis fire The hermit sits alone. length These forms of beauty have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's...And passing even into my purer mind With tranquil restoration;—Feelings, too, Of unremembered pleasure; such, perhaps, As may have had no trivial influence... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Cnmpnuerl a Ftw Milct About Tintern Abbey.] TBE SOLACE OF NATURE. THOUOH absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me As Is a landscape to a blind man's...purer mind. With tranquil restoration: feelings too Of unremembered pleasure; such, perhaps, As may have had no trivial influence On that best portion of... | |
| I. A. Merryweather - 1833 - 162 pages
...age— Its glory still the same ! THOUGHTS OF AN INVALID. — Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me, As is a landscape to a blind...even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration. WORDSWORTH. OFT when oppress'd with pain and grief, Languid and fever-tuss'd I lie,— Where nought... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...one green hue, and lose themselves Among the woods and copses, nor disturb The wild green landscape. Once again I see These hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows,...mind. With tranquil restoration : — feelings too Of unremembered pleasure : such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1838 - 416 pages
...him for its poetical inspiration* and many a youthful joy. " Though absent long These forms of beauty have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's...mind With tranquil restoration ; — feelings too Of unremembered pleasure ; such perhaps As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of... | |
| 1838 - 420 pages
...beauty have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye ; But oft in lonely rooms, and tnid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In...mind With tranquil restoration ; — feelings too Of unremembered pleasure ; such perhaps As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of... | |
| 1838 - 938 pages
...have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye : But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the diu Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours...With tranquil restoration : — feelings, too, Of unremcmbered pleasure : such, perhaps, As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion... | |
| 1840 - 368 pages
...one green hue, and lose themselves Among the woods and copses, nor disturb The wild green landscape. Once again I see These hedgerows, hardly hedgerows,...influence On that best portion of a good man's life, i His little, nameless, unremember'd acts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To them I may... | |
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