Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see... Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ... - Page 209by Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 912 pagesFull view - About this book
| WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Ye that through your hearts to-day Feel the gladness... | |
| William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour. Nor man nor boy. Nor all that is at enmity with joy....travel thither,— And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then, sing ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song !... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1859 - 386 pages
...the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessnes?, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is...travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song !... | |
| William Swinton - English language - 1859 - 326 pages
...transcendent lines that are borne to us like aromatic breezes blown from the Islands of the Blest. " Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore And hear the mighty waters rolling ever more!" But, " descending From those imaginative heights... | |
| Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy....travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds ! sing, sing a joyous song... | |
| Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. LlJCY. THREE years she grew, in sun, and shower,... | |
| James McCosh - History - 1860 - 512 pages
...begin, and he may be interested to know what happened before. " Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." But this is not all that is contained in our conviction.... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1860 - 612 pages
...noble : and have in them the elements of all which we ourselves have desired to be, but are not. " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sporting oa the shore, And hear the mighty waters, rolling evermore." But to gain... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlcssness nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds, sing, sing a joyous song !... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song !... | |
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