...reflection of the former, triumphantly opposes evil and woe. The poet speaks Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege...tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail...

...all the land. Would this be waste or improvement of time ? Let Wordsworth reply : — " Nature sever did betray The heart that loved her. Tis her privilege, Through all the years of this onr life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With...

...behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege,...tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail...

...cause him to ignore or deny the darker side of life but allows him, rather, to see beyond it: [Nature] can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress...With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse...

...desired object, than all the labour and outlay of centuries heretofore f " Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege....to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform The heart that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that...

...nature, but only because of its power, like the "still sad music of humanity," to "chasten and subdue": "for she can so inform / The mind that is within us, so impress / With quietness and beauty." He is now "well pleased to recognise / In nature and the language of the sense / The anchor of [his]...