Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. — Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;... A History of English Literature - Page 421by E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1873 - 808 pages
...our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away — a sordid boon! The sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds...moves us not. — Great God ! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make... | |
| John Dennis - 1873 - 280 pages
...powers : Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will...moves us not. — Great God ! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...bares her bosom to the moon — The winds that will be howling at all hours, ffi ',--• o g OUGHT And are upgathered now like sleeping flowers, —...It moves us not Great God ! I'd rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn, V, LE TRICKL K H So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses... | |
| 1873 - 598 pages
...The winds that will be howling at all hours, And- are upgathered now like sleeping flowers ; Forthis, for everything, we are out of tune ; It moves us not.— Great God ! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make... | |
| Henry C. Leonard - 1873 - 214 pages
...be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers : For this, for every thing, we are out of tune ; It moves us not. Great God ! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...howling at all hours, And are up-gatber'd now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we ore leading home, Though condemn'd for disobeying, I had met a traito snokled in a creed outworn : So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Нате glimpses that would... | |
| 1874 - 334 pages
...powers : Little we see in Nature that is ours ; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds that...we are out of tune ; It moves us not. — Great God ' I 'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1874 - 396 pages
...seein Nature that is ours : C_4fvvkl-^<jU^Cty-i/t| ^ \Ve have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds...everything, we are out of tune ; It moves us not. And in a letter he says the same thing — " It is an awful truth, that there neither is, nor can be,... | |
| 1874 - 332 pages
...we see in Nature that is ours : We hare given our hearts awaj, a sordid boon ! This sea. that bores her bosom to the moon ; The winds that will be howling...we are out of tune; It moves us not. — Great God : I 'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...ours ; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon ; i The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are...we are out of tune ; It moves us not. — Great God ! I 'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; i< So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,... | |
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