 Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! — Oh ! times, In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in Romance...  The Universal Instructor, Or, Self-culture for All. [With Illustrations and ... - Seite 149von Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 Seiten
...strong in love I Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! — Oh ! times, In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways...took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights, When most intent on making of herself A prime Enchantress... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 Seiten
...in love ! Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! — Oh ! times, S In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways Of custom,...took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights, A prime Enchantress — to assist the work, Which... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 656 Seiten
...that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! — Oh ! times, In which the meagre, stalet forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights, When most intent on making of herself A prime Enchantress... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 Seiten
...Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive ; But to be young was very heaven. O times In which the meager, stale, forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute...took at once The attraction of a country in romance. Those were the days in which Wordsworth, then an undergraduate at Cambridge, spent a college vacation... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1900 - 718 Seiten
...presaged a better day. Wordsworth saw its significance : "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven ! O times In which the meagre,...took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! Not favored spots alone, but the whole earth The beauty wore of promise." Napoleon Bonaparte for... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1903 - 248 Seiten
...nigh, captured all his ardour for the cause : — Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven ! O times In which the meagre,...took at once The attraction of a country in romance ! The pair of romantic adventurers was ready to share in all the festivity of the time. At Lyons they... | |
 | Harry Levin - 1986 - 566 Seiten
...Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven! O times In which the meager, stale, forbidding ways Of custom, law, and statute...took at once The attraction of a country in romance! But most of the responses that have come down to us, like Wordsworth's, have been dulled and distorted... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1970 - 372 Seiten
...then stood Upon our side, we who were strong in love; Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven; O times, In which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways [n0] 695 Gf custom, law, and statute took at once The attraction of a Country in Romance; When Reason... | |
 | James Chandler - 1984 - 338 Seiten
...then stood Upon our side, we who were strong in love. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! O times, In which the meagre,...took at once The attraction of a country in romance — When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights When most intent on making of herself A prime... | |
 | Stuart Curran - 1990 - 280 Seiten
...retrospective commitment to the cultural romance to well over. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven! O times, In which the meagre,...took at once The attraction of a country in romance! When Reason seemed the most to assert her rights When most intent on making of herself A prime enchantress... | |
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