 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 512 pages
...anything of that feeling which Wordsworth shows n the following lines : — " So fair, so sweet, withal BO sensitive ; — Would that the little flowers were...of half the pleasure which they give. That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface... | |
 | William Angus Knight, William Wordsworth - 1891 - 320 pages
...preservation." The little poem, in which some of these thoughts were crystallized, is as follows — So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive : Would that...shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone ! And what if hence a bold desire should mount High as the Sun, that he could take account Of all that... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 452 pages
...or two instances, anything of that feeling which Wordsworth shows in the following lines : — ' ' So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive ; — Would...of half the pleasure which they give. That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow' thrown On QIC amootft surface... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1891 - 520 pages
...simple and kindly person, could even wish, for a little flower's sake, " That to this mountain daisy's self were known, The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone," much more you would have yearned to inform the bright little nest-builder of your sympathy ; and to... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1892 - 500 pages
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 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 524 pages
...those that seek his help, and for his mercy sigh. 1845. 1845. "SO FAIR, SO SWEET, WITHAL SO SENSITIVE." So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive, Would that...to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth... | |
 | Alice Wellington Rollins - 1892 - 200 pages
...too many and too brilliant, and far, far too conscious ! At the North, we feel with Wordsworth : " Would that the little flowers were born to live Conscious of half the pleasure that they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1893 - 422 pages
...with those beautiful effusions of poetic sentiment. But, for his own satisfaction, he must be XLII. So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive, Would that...mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star- shaped shadow, thrown 5 On the smooth surface of this naked stone ! And what if hence a bold... | |
 | 1893 - 746 pages
...responsibility, and of immortal destiny ? Oh ! if Wordsworth could long "That to thii mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone," well may we deplore the possibility that the course of our industries may be such as to render man... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1893 - 534 pages
...simple and kindly person, could even wish, for a little flower's sake, " That to this mountain daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow,...thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone," much more you would have yearned to inform the bright little nest-builder of your sympathy ; and to... | |
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So fair, so sweet, withal so sensitive, Would that the little Flowers were born to live, Conscious of half the pleasure which they give ; That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface... 
