 Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have...  Little Classics - Page 61edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Sir James Stephen, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English essays - 1848 - 356 pages
...such a piece of inspired philosophy — we do not believe exists elsewhere in human language: — " О joy '. that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1848 - 426 pages
...habit in a man ! Two Gentlrmen of Verona, v. 4. upheld by old repute, Consent, or custom; PL, i. 64fl. Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thce with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life. WORDSWORTH. l Ode— Intimations of Immortality.'... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! О joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 pages
...of common day-" And page 352 to 354 of the same ode. " О joy that in our embers Ie something th&t doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in roe dnth hrsjaj Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be bles*— Delight... | |
 | 1850 - 498 pages
...proceeds to point it out. Awaking from his revcry, he exclaims — *' Oh joy 1 that in onr ember« Is something that doth live — That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive !" But why this exclamation, if the remembrance of the past only imbitters the present I But it is... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...provoke The y«urs to bring the inevitable yoke, . Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife 1 ~"~ $ ' &k%I"S d# " % &R$A' # # & almost as life !* \ ) 9. O joy ! that in our embers ^ .; 1 Is something that doth live, , That nature... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life. The years to bring the inevitable yoke : Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, O joy! that in our embers, 4 Is something that doth live : That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife 1 Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon tliee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life !* 9. O joy! that in our embers Is something... | |
 | Caroline Mehetabel Sawyer - Gift books - 1852 - 338 pages
...height, Wny, with such earnest pains dost thou provoke, The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ? Full soon...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life." It is with us rather than with the child that the guilt belongs. It is our sports,... | |
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