 For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5801838Full view - About this book
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...superstition, or sit " lone upon the shores, of old romance," or pierce the veil of mortality, and " breathe in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." The very deficiency of the romantic, in the actual paths' of existence, will cause him to dwell in... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...and play in plighted clouds," of anticipations and foretastes by which the bard already " breathes in worlds, to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil ?" Can he measure a sun-beam, or constrain a cloud, or count the steps of the bounding stag of the... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...and play in plighted clouds," of anticipations and foretastes by which the bard already " breathes in worlds, to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil 1" Can he measure a sun-beam, or constrain a cloud, or count the steps of the.bounding stag of the... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...superstition, or sit "lone upon the shores of old romance," or pierce the veil of mortality, and " breathe in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." The very deficiency of the romantic, in the actual paths of existence, will cause him to dwell in thought... | |
 | 1850 - 698 pages
...for a great poem ; but that our author thinks otherwise is evident from his invocation : — Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such...all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jebovah — with His thunder, and the choir Of shouting angels, and the'... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pages
...superstition, or sit " lone upon the shores of old romance," or pierce the veil of mortality, and " breathe in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." The very deficiency of the romantic, in the actual paths of existence, will cause him to dwell in thought... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
...me find though few !' " So prayed, more gaining than he asked, the Bard, Holiest of Men. — Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such...veil. All strength — all terror, single or in bands, VOL. v. a That ever was put forth in personal form ; Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pages
...me find though few !' " So prayed, more gaining than he asked, the Sard, Holiest of Men. — Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven f For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep — and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To... | |
 | 1820 - 398 pages
...and play in plighted clouds," of anticipations and foretastes by which the bard already " breathes in worlds, to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil ?" Can he measure a sun-beam, or constrain a cloud, or count the steps of the bounding stag of the... | |
 | 1829 - 512 pages
...author was capable in treating of subjects which require that the Poet should " Tread on shadowy ground, sink Deep — and aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veiL" As a review of this volume has already been published in the Atheneum,* it will be unnecessary at present... | |
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