 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 pages
...holiday; — Thou Child of Joy, Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, then happj Shepherd-boy ! IV. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day. Are yet a master-light of all our seeing ; To perish never;... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 9. O joy ! that in our embers is something that doth...mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised — 10. But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may,... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breastNot for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ;...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing, Uphold us, cherish,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...childhood, whether busy or at rest. With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast : — Hot for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ;...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, On every side, POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breastNot fur groan* qf the dying.'" So the notes rung; — " Avoid...death-bed I have been, And many a sinner's parting yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all onr seeing. Uphold us, cherish,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishing*, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing, Uphold us, cherish,... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1876 - 688 pages
...to it. Most readers will remember how Wordsworth has referred to " Those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things ; Fallings from us, vanishings...nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised." And Mrs. Hemans has touched the same chord in some of her sweetest strains : "The power that dwelleth... | |
 | Marie Sinclair Countess of Caithness - 1876 - 508 pages
...! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing, Uphold us, cherish,... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breastNot of the future ; they have power — The tyranny of...They make us what we were not — what they will, yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing, Uphold us, cherish,... | |
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O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty,... 
