Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be. Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither; Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 68herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1858 - 460 Seiten
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...that immortal sea, Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 Seiten
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour. Nor man nor boy. Nor all that is at enmity with joy....that! immortal sea Which brought us hither ; Can in a moment travel thither,— And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1859 - 386 Seiten
...the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessnes?, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is...that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| William Henry Milburn - 1859 - 384 Seiten
...all our seeing ; Uphold us, cherish, and hare power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish...enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!" It is a difficult thing for the proud intellect, confident of its own resources, to appreciate the... | |
| William Swinton - 1859 - 326 Seiten
...transcendent lines that are borne to us like aromatic breezes blown from the Islands of the Blest. " Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far...immortal sea, Which brought us hither — Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| Evenings - 1860 - 386 Seiten
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy....immortal sea Which brought us hither, — Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 Seiten
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| James McCosh - 1860 - 512 Seiten
...begin, and he may be interested to know what happened before. " Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 Seiten
...noble : and have in them the elements of all which we ourselves have desired to be, but are not. " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sporting oa the shore, And hear the mighty waters, rolling... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 Seiten
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...that immortal sea Which brought us hither ; Can in a moment travel thither, — And see the children sport npon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling... | |
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