 | William Henry Furness - 1855 - 332 pages
...heritage, thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read's! the eternal deep, Haunted forever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest...o•er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven•born freedom on thy Being's height, Why... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...strife j But it will not be long. Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little aetor cons another part : Filling from time to time his...o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ! Thou little child, yet glorious in the'might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...That Life brings with her in her equipage ; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. VIII. Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy Soul's...darkness of the grave ; * Thou, over whom thy Immortality • This line is not in the Edition of 1815. Broods like the Day, a Master o'er a Slave, A Presence... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 384 pages
...new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part ; Filling from time to time his " humorous si With all the Persons, down to palsied Age, That Life...o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...pigmy size ! See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes ! See,...o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | 1890 - 366 pages
...hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes I See, at his feet, some little plan or chart, Some...o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal miud,_ Mighty Prophet! Seer blest ! On whom those truths...o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...appropriate home. The leading thought of the poem may be gathered from the lines subjoined : — " Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's...o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven's freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...Mighty Prophet, Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find : Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the day,...grave Is but a lonely bed without the sense or sight Of day or the warm light, A place of thought where we in waiting lie ; Thou little child, yet glorious... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...pigmy size ! See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes ! See,...o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
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Thou whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity; Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage; thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet!... 
