 Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast : — Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things,...  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 5edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...nature yet remembers What was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy...childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope stUl fluttering in his breast : Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...the recollections of childhood on account of the delight, liberty, and hope, of that happy period, " But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and...vanishings, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised." Here again the timid neophyte besought a little enlightening. " What can 'fallings... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...the recollections of childhood on account of the delight, liberty, and hope, of that happy period, " But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and...vanishings, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised." Here again the timid neophyte besought a little enlightening. " What can 'fallings... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1842 - 412 pages
...live, That nature yet remembers The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest;...and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether fluttering or at rest, With new-born hope for ever in his breast:— What was fugitive ! Not for these... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1887 - 490 pages
...beyond the world. These mysterious visitings and morning gleams — — "those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings,...creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts, before which our mortal nature Did tremble, like a guilty thing surprised," — — these... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...Nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy...Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise 5 But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy...creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts, before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised : But for those... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy...vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedietion : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest...vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instinets before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1845 - 582 pages
...now-fledped Impo still fluttering in his bretit: Not Tor thete I raise Tho Bong of thaaki and ргшм , But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and...outward things. Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank mUpivmg-s of a creature Moving about in worlds not realizedi High instincts, before which our mortal... | |
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