 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1860 - 612 pages
...And flow as it now flows. " And here, on this delightful' day, I can not choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fountain's brink....heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my cars Which in those days I heard." That is really the sum of what is to be said on the subject. And... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1860 - 294 pages
...renounce." — Dichtungund Wahrheit, part ii. book 17. P. 47. Since o sweet familiar tone, &c. — " My eye* are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred...sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard." — Wordsworth. P. 48. T!iat highest, grace of love. — Meaning probably le don tfamoureux merci,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1878 - 828 pages
...That is a frequent moral with Wordsworth, as in the exquisite lines — My eyes are ilim with chiUish tears, My heart is idly stirred ; For the same sound is in my ears, Which in those days I heard. And so, in the companion poem, old Matthew is moved by the recollection of his lost child by the sight... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1860 - 300 pages
...renounce." — Dichtungund Wahrheit, part ii. book 17. P. 47. Since a sweet familiar tone, &c. — " My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred ; For the same sound is in my cars Which in those days I heard." — Wordsworth. P. 48. Ttiat highest grace of love. — Meaning... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...this delightful day, I cannot choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fpuntain's brink. " My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound was in my ears Which in those days I heard. "Thus fares it still in our decay; And yet the wiser mind... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1878 - 802 pages
...former sentiment. That is a frequent moral with Wordsworth, as in the exquisite lines — My eyes aie dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred ; For the same sound is in my earn, Which in those days I heard. And so, in the companion poem, old Matthew is moved by the recollection... | |
 | Stray thoughts - 1860 - 116 pages
...in " The Fountain," where a merry and ceaseless brook sings its pleasant tune — " My eyes are wet with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred ; For the same sound is in my ears As in those days I heard." Not unmingled with deep sorrow is this reminiscence, for he continues, —... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 454 pages
...short a date. But it is better to take refuge in the home philosophy of our great metaphysical poet : Thus fares it still in our decay ; And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what Time takes away Than what he leaves behind. PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MRS. HOPE. This truly splendid portrait... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1878 - 838 pages
...with Wordsworth, as in the exquisite lines — My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is icily stirred ; For the same sound is in my ears, Which in those days I heard. And so, in the companion poem, old Matthew is moved by the recollection of his lost child by the sight... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...years, And flow as now it flows. " And here, on this delightful day, I cannot choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fountain's brink....Which in those days I heard. " Thus fares it still in onr decay, And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind. "... | |
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My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. 
