 Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And...  Life and Light for Woman - Page 4711896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - 1831 - 274 pages
...so generally spoken and thought of as a cold and joyless thing : — Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1887 - 490 pages
...keeping the heavens themselves fresh and strong by its inspiring might. " Stern Lawgiver! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads. Thou dost preserve... | |
 | 1851 - 702 pages
...realized the poet's rapturous vision of her celestial compensations: — " Stern Lawgiver ! yet them dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." It has been truly said that "men of intemperate minds cannot be free ; their passions forge... | |
 | 1852 - 516 pages
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair . , , As is the smile upon her face — ,,i.. •'• .;] qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power of attraction,... | |
 | 1852 - 536 pages
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon her face — qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power of attraction, because of... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 pages
...WORDSWORTH." Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in" his ' footing... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 pages
...Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear Tlje godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in ' his ' footing... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 pages
...more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pages
...more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost... | |
 | 1884 - 874 pages
...duty the " Stern daughter of tho voice of God I " but in the same poem he acknowledges "But thou dost wear The God-head's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." Duty is only a hard taskmistress until we know how to learn her lessons. We may say that... | |
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