...unremembered afts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspedt more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen...the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world Is lighten'd : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the...

...sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart, And passing even into my purer mind, 202 With tranquil restoration : — feelings too Of unremembered...trust,. To them I may have owed- another gift, Of asped more sublime-; that blessed mood,. In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and...

...little lines Of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral farms Green to the very door ; and wreathes of smoke Sent up, in silence, from among the trees,...the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world Is lighten'd : — that serene and blessed mood. In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the...

...the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Belt in the blood, and felt along the heart, And passing even...the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world Is lighten'd : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the...

...tranquil restoration :-r—Feelings too Of unremembered pleasure; such, perhaps, As may have haJ.no trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's...weight Of all this unintelligible world •: <. Is lightened:—That serene and blessed mood, In which the .affections gently lead us on, Until the breath...

...alone. Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind mun's eye : But oft, in lonely rooms, and mid the din Of...lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of...

...And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration : — feelings too Of unrefcnembered pleasure : such, perhaps, As may have had no trivial...lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of...

...cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts, * The river is not affected by the tides a few miles above Tiutern. Which, at this season, with their unripe fruits, Are...lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion...

...cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts, * The river is not affected by the tides a few miles above Tiutern. 73 Which, at this season, with their unripe fruits, Are...another gift, Of aspect more sublime ; that blessed moor), In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible...

...shall intermeddle. The poet and the artist find in nature, and in the created beauty of imagination, "Another gift, Of aspect more sublime ; that blessed...weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened." And this " serene and blessed mood " was to Scheffer as sweet rest after sore conflict — as healing...