 IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary...  The Living Age - Page 1111908Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 548 pages
...within its range. What Englishman will not exclaim with our noblest and greatest modern poet — " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British...perish, and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible knights of old. We must he free or die, who speak the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithsUxxl,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...sea Of the world's praise from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XIII. I WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of tlie world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pages
...them one evening, the noble lines of Wordsworth,— full of faith in their truth :— " 'Tis not to bo thought of, that the flood Of British freedom, which...world's praise, from dark antiquity, Hath flowed with рошр of waters unwithstood ; Boused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of Books and Men ! XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...salutary bands, That this most famous Stream in Bogs and Sanda Should perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our Halls is hung Armoury of the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 236 pages
...waste White-cliff, Albion so called, became a British Empire !" CHAPTER II. OLD ASSOCIATIONS. " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...antiquity, Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters unwithstood,' Housed though it be, full often, to a mood WMch spurns the check of salutary bands— That this most... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. WORDSWORTH. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible knights of old : We must be free or die, who speak the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...1685, — we cannot doubt in which direction society is proceeding. — MACAULAY. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Housed though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bauds, That this most famous... | |
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