 Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did...  The Poet's Praise: From Homer to Swinburne - Seite 183von Estelle Davenport Adams - 1894 - 407 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...selfish men: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...sea: Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst'thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 Seiten
...; Oh, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. — Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. — Wordsworth. LESSON XXIX.— THURSDAY. ENGLISH HISTORY — PLANTAGENET LINE. A short, sad reign,... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 448 Seiten
...address him in language spoken by him of another, but perhaps more applicable to himself— " Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." THE END. LONDON: Printed by Schukeand Co., 13, Poland Street. THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...selfish men ; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. First roused thee. 0 true yoke-fellow of time, With unabating effort, see, the palm Is won,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1853 - 406 Seiten
...feelings, as they come and go in the current of every day's existence, we have nothing. " Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice,...free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way." We hear the roar of the sea ; the voice in English literature is as that of Niagara among waters. We... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 658 Seiten
...address him in language spoken by him of another, but perhaps more applicable to himself — " Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice,...sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestie, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 Seiten
..." his conversation was in heaven." Truly does Wordsworth say, in his " Sonnet to Milton," Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was as the seaPure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. Even when he was most popular, his ontemporaries... | |
 | 1854 - 532 Seiten
...be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." We close our present task by remarking that men like Milton belong to us all, God's bountiful gifts.... | |
 | 1854 - 496 Seiten
...be living at this hour. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Eeturn to us again, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." We close our present task by remarking that men like Milton belong to us all, God's bountiful gifts.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 364 Seiten
...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : t Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea :...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XT. GREAT men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, — better none... | |
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