 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 me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.  Poetry for Home and School ... - Page 761846Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 848 pages
...soon Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little is left in nature that is ours : We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon. This sea that...The winds that will be howling at all hours, ' And now upgathered lic like sleeping flowers — For this, for everything, we are out of tune: It moves... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1871 - 866 pages
...soon Getting and «pending, we lay waste our powers; Little is left in nature that is ours : We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon. This sea that...moon— The winds that will be howling at all hours, And now upgathered lie like sleeping flowers — For this, for everything, we are out of tune: It moves... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...away, a sordid bo"bn I Tfric <^.-ч (haf h.lTJ'i hgrbosomio the mgon^ The winds that will beTïowTm^a*t all hours. And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers...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 - 1871 - 642 pages
...away, a sordid hoon ! This Sea that hares her hosom to the moon ; The winds that will he howling at alt hours. And are up.gathered now like sleeping flowers...for every thing, we are out of tune ; It moves us noL —Great God 1 I'd rather he A Pagan suckled in a ereed outworn : So might I, standing on this... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1874 - 666 pages
...soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers ; ^ Little we see in Nature that is ours ; H'e have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This sea that...bares her bosom to the moon ; The winds that will be blowing at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers ; for tins', for everything, we... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...soon, [powers: Getting and spending, we lay waste our Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon ! This sea that...howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleepmg flowers ; For this, for every thing, we are out of tune ; It moves us not. — Great God !... | |
 | Linda Bannister, Ellen Davis Conner, Robert Liftig, Luann Reed-Siegel - 1994 - 270 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we sec in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, Are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune; Ic moves us... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 pages
...sentence, enacts the laggardness and indifference of the reaction that comes behind: This sea that bears her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling...up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. 72 And this is Keble's analogous way of proceeding:... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that...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... | |
 | Clara Calvo, Jean Jacques Weber - 1998 - 166 pages
...and soon Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that...upgathered 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... | |
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