 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...her, being then A little Prattler among men. The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares,...fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy. laui. FORESIGHT. THAT is work of waste and ruin — Do as (.'harles and I are doing ! Strawberry-blossoms,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...men. The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me cai-s ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tear» ; And love, and thought, and joy. l.'.'H FORESIGHT. THAT is work of waste and rumDo as Charles... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 524 pages
...the Poet himself in the verses where he alludes to the times, in which (he says) ' My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly. A very hunter...fountain of sweet tears, And love, and thought, and joy.' a But death came to the mother, and separated the brother and sister for some years. Dorothy Wordsworth... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 506 pages
...the Poet himself in the verses where he alludes to the times, in which (he says) ' My sister Emmeline and I Together chased the butterfly. A very hunter...fountain of sweet tears, And love, and thought, and joy.'2 But death came to the mother, and separated the brother and sister for some years. Dorothy Wordsworth... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 488 pages
...later years, Was with him when a boy." And the nature of her influence upon him is thus pourtrayed : " She gave me eyes, she gave me ears, And humble cares,...Penrith, the residence of her maternal grandfather ; and eventually she was educated mainly at Halifax, under the care of her mother's cousin, Miss Threlkeld,... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 492 pages
...later years, Was with him when a boy." And the nature of her influence upon him is thus pourtrayed: " She gave me eyes, she gave me ears, And humble cares,...Penrith, the residence of her maternal grandfather; and eventually she was educated mainly at Halifax, under the care of her mother's cousin, Miss Threlkeld,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1851 - 636 pages
...the prey. But she, God love her ! feared to brush The dust from off its wings." Again : " She gave mo eyes, she gave me ears, And humble cares and delicate...fountain of sweet tears, And love, and thought, and joy." * Brougham castle, " a noble and picturesque ruin, distant about a mile from Penrith, was a favourite... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 pages
...had. ' The blessing of my later years Was with me when I was a boy : She gave me hopes, she gave me fears, A heart the fountain of sweet tears. And love, and thought, and joy.' . And elsewhere he describes her, in a philosophic poem, still in MS., as one who planted flowers and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 378 pages
...had. ' The blessing of my later years Was with me when I was a boy : She gave me hopes, she gave me fears, A heart the fountain of sweet tears. And love, and thought, and joy.' And elsewhere he describes her, in a philosophic poem, still in MS., as one who planted flowers and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 364 pages
...had: — " The blessing of my later years Was with me when I was a boy: She gave me hopes, she gave me fears, A heart the fountain of sweet tears. « # * » And love, and thought, and joy." And elsewhere he describes her, in a philosophic poem, still in MS., as one who planted flowers and... | |
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The Blessing of my later years Was with me when a boy : She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy. 
