It were a wantonness, and would demand Severe reproof, if we were men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead; contented thence to draw A momentary pleasure, never marked By reason, barren of all future good. But we have... The Excursion; a Poem - Page 26by William Wordsworth - 1836 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1847 - 722 pages
...the poet is not a creature all of joyous fancies ; he knows as Wordsworth has finely told us : • that there is often found In mournful thoughts, and...always might be found A power to virtue friendly." The stream of his heart is not always like those of Spring, huddling and rapid and rolling out gladness,... | |
| 1847 - 722 pages
...the poet is not a creature all of joyous fancips ; he knows as Wordsworth has finely told us : • that there is often found In mournful thoughts, and...always might be found A power to virtue friendly." The stream of his heart is not always like those of Spring, huddling and rapid and rolling out gladness,... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1849 - 406 pages
...wantonness, and would demand Severe reproof, if we were men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead; contented thence to draw...so, I am a dreamer among men, indeed An idle dreamer \ "Pis a common tale, An ordinary sorrow of man's life, A tale of silent suffering, hardly clothed... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...I returned, And begged of the old Man that, for my sake, He would resume bis story. He replied, Hut we have known that there is often found In mournful...always might be found, A power to virtue friendly ; wer Ч not so, I am a dreamer among men, indeed Au idle dreamer ! 'Tis a common tale, An ordinary... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 578 pages
...contented thence to draw Л momentary pleasure, never mark'd By reason, barren of all future gi>i>d. But we have known that there is often found In mournful thoughts, and always migbl be found A power to virtue friendly. WORDi\VORTH. MS I KNOW not how I can belter commence my... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1850 - 620 pages
...wantonness, and would demand Severe reproof, if we were men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead ; contented thence to draw...always might be found, A power to virtue friendly ; were 't not so, I am a dreamer among men, indeed An idle dreamer ! 'T is a common tale, An ordinary... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1850 - 484 pages
...But the poet is not a creature all of joyous fancies ; he knows, as Wordsworth has finely told us, " That there is often found In mournful thoughts, and...always might be found, A power to virtue friendly." The streams of his heart are not always like those of spring, huddling and rapid, and telling out gladness,... | |
| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...wantonness, and would demand Severe reproof, if we were men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead : contented thence to draw A momentary pleasure, never mark'd Sy reason, barren of alt future good. Bat we have known that (here is often found In mournful... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 pages
...wantonness, and would demand Severe reproof, if we were Men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead ; contented thence to draw...so, I am a dreamer among men, indeed An idle Dreamer ! 'T is a common Tale, An ordinary sorrow of Man's life, A tale of silent suffering, hardly clothed... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...Severe reproof, if we were Men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of iln- rwater. FORCE ii the word used in the Lake Di»Irict for Wnler-fall. Drenmer! 'Tis a common Tale, An ordinary sorrow of Man's life, A tale of silent suffering, hardly clothed... | |
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