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...and less exclusively divine than that of the prophet, yet will not allow him to keep silent. " Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend his murmurs with my muse's song, VOL. XI. G And, from his alder shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1850 - 396 Seiten
...travelling toward the grave, Like a false steward who hath much received And renders nothing back. Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...That flowed along my dreams ? For this, didst thou, 0 Derwent ! winding among grassy holms Where I was looking on, a babe in arms, Make ceaseless music... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1850 - 412 Seiten
...travelling toward the grave. Like a false steward who hath much received And renders nothing back. Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...voice That flowed along my dreams? For this, didst thnu, O Derwcnt I winding among grassy holms Where I was looking on, a babe in arms, Make ceaseless... | |
| 1850 - 544 Seiten
...fitted for his genius, he thus apostrophises the stream which first soothed his infant ear: — ' Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flow'd along my dreams P For this, didst thou, O Derwent ! winding among grassy holms Where I was looking... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 Seiten
...steward who hath much received ', And renders nothing back. Was it for this I That one, the filircst Stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a thought* To more than infant softness, giving me Amid the fretful dwellings of mankind A foretaste,... | |
| University magazine - 1851 - 796 Seiten
...his own powers, till there seemed to him danger that life would pass away in mere listlessness. " Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...voice That flowed along my dreams ? For this, didst thon, O, Derwent ! winding among grassy holms, Where I was looking on, a babe in arms, Hake ceaseless... | |
| 1851 - 778 Seiten
...life ther some fault in the subject chosen, would past away in mere listlessness. " Was it for tliis That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend...nurse's song, And from his alder shades and rocky falls, Anil from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flowed along my dreams ? For this, didst tliou,... | |
| 1851 - 838 Seiten
...his own powers, till there seemed to him danger that life would pass away in mere listlcssness. " Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his nlilcr shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flowed along my dreams... | |
| 1851 - 518 Seiten
...impotence, how subtly and gracefully does he make a beginning for the story of his mental life ! " Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved...blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his alder-shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flowed along my dreams... | |
| Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 492 Seiten
...Cockennouth stands, are very picturesque. The Poet bears testimony to its workings upon him, when he says, " One, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his fords and shallows sent a voice That flowed along my dreams." 1 And the old baronial castle, near which... | |
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