NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room ; And hermits are contented with their cells , And students with their pensive citadels , Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy ; bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak... The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth - Page 129by William Wordsworth - 1820Full view - About this book
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Lake District (England) - 1850 - 340 pages
...views of the lake he can obtain. The Fells of Furness are seen across the lake ; but the murmuring " Bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak of Furness Fells," * are of course inaudible. Above the Fells the tops of Coniston, Old Man, and Bowfell are caught. On... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...belief That thou, if not with partial joy elate, Rer.eivest the gift for more than mild content ! NUNS ere they ; lor would their \nd Students with their pensive citadels: Maids at the wheel, the Weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Christian art and symbolism - 1852 - 540 pages
...following out the track of thought suggested to my own mind : and though, as Wordsworth writes, — " Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room, And hermits are contented with their cells," I could sometimes feel inclined to fret at the narrow limits of artistic illustration within which... | |
| 1853 - 774 pages
...it : — "Nuns fret not at the Convent's narrow room, And Hermits are contented with their ce'.l?, And Students with their pensive Citadels. Maids at...bees that soar for bloom High as the highest peak of Kurness Fell?, Will murmur by the hour in the Foxglove Bells. In truth, the prison, unto which we doom... | |
| Samuel Phillips - 1854 - 276 pages
...humanity to its hard but necessary lot. How exquisite and full of meaning are those lines — * Bces that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak of Furness...fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells; and then tie touching close — ' In truth, the prison unto which we doom Ourselves, no prison is ;... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1855 - 704 pages
...brother, and we deeply feel that it is good for us to have known him. POEMS. " POEMS WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. SONNET. fret not at their convent's narrow room ;...bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells : In truth the prison, unto which we doom... | |
| David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 528 pages
...sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn." Sonnets. " Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room ; And hermits...bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak of Furness-fells, Will murmur by the hour in fox-glove bells : In truth, the prison, unto which we doom... | |
| David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 494 pages
...sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn." Sonnett. " Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room ; And hermits are contented with their cells ; Aiid students with their pensive citadels ; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe... | |
| 1857 - 336 pages
...freedom. But, again, let the sonnet speak its own vindication : — " Nuns fret not at their convents' narrow room ; And hermits are contented with their...bees, that soar for bloom High as the highest peak of Furncss Fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove-bells : In truth, the prison unto which we doom... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...forgotten tongue, He warbles melody.— Edit. 1815. MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS.* X* PREFATORY SONNET. NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room ; And hermits...citadels ; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, * "This form of poetry (the Sonnet), not admitting of the breadth and magnitude which is requisite... | |
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