 But ah, my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and staggers in the way! Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And, when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return.  The Twentieth Century - Page 4961910Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 pages
...several sin to every sense ; But felt through all this fleshly dress' Bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to travel back, And tread again that...Where first I left my glorious train ! From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That shady city of palm trees. But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk,... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to travel back, And tread again that...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence th' enlightened spirit sees That shady City of Palm trees ! But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1866 - 240 pages
...several fin to every sense, But felt through all this fteJbly dress Bright Jboots of everlaftingness. O how I long to travel back And tread again that ancient...track! That I might once more reach that plain, Where fir ft I left my glorious train ; From whence th' enlightened spirit sea That Jbady city of palm-trees,... | |
 | 1866 - 628 pages
...by the memory of ungrateful returns for many blessings is plain. In ' The Retreat ' he says — Oh ! how I long to travel back And tread again that ancient track ; That I might once more reach that plaine Where first I left my glorious traine, From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That stately... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of eveiiastingnesse. O how I long to travell back, And tread again that ancient track ! That I might once more reach that plaine, Where first I left my glorious traine ; From whence th' enlightened spirit sees That shady... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 pages
...several sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O, how I long to travel back, And tread again that...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit seos That shady city of palm-trees ! But, ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk,... | |
 | George MacDonald - 1868 - 356 pages
...several sin to every sense ; But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. O how I long to travel back, And tread again that...Where first I left my glorious train, From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm-trees. COMPARISON WITH WORDSWORTH. 255 But ah ! my... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...sin to every sense, But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness. 20 Oh how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient...Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit sees 25 That shady City of palm-trees. But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk,... | |
 | 1868 - 676 pages
...first love ; And, looking back at that short space, Could catch a glimpse of his bright face ; * * * * O how I long to travel back,' And tread again that...that plain, Where first I left my glorious train,' &c. The view may be too poetical ; but I own I see no harm in such casual ebullitions of memory. Childhood... | |
 | 1868 - 688 pages
...love ; And, looking back at that short space, Could catch a glimpse of his bright face ; » * * » O how I long to travel back,' And tread again that...that plain, Where first I left my glorious train,' &c. The view may be too poetical ; but I own I see no harm in such casual ebullitions of memory. Childhood... | |
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