 | Elizabeth D. Livermore - 1855 - 352 pages
...little child ! yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height! Why, with fmch earnest pains, dost thou provoke The years to bring...upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life." — WORDSWORTH. soon became tolerably wonted to her new home. Shrinking and timid... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1855 - 318 pages
...Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height, Why with such earnest pains...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife?" This is lofty language to apply to the little child. And yet does it exhaust the meaning of the simple... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1856 - 572 pages
...sleep." " And the babe leaps up on its mother's arm." "Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own." " Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as lute, and deep almost as life." 13 " 0 joy, that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 pages
...the inevitable yoke Thus blind!/ with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy soul shall have its earthly freight. And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life." These words of the poet are not extravagant to him who receiveth reverently a little... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...presence which is not to be put by ! Thou little child, yet glorious in the'might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O, joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, — That nature yet remembers... | |
 | Margaret Agnes Paul - 1857 - 336 pages
...him that mamma only waited until they had done talking to play another quadrille for them. CHAPTER V. Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! WOEDSWOETH. Gascoigne carriage was sent to Holmdale for the young Lennoxes and Jasper... | |
 | Mrs. H. B. Paull - 1857 - 348 pages
...they had done talking to play another quadrille for them. CHAPTER V. Why with such earnest pains doat thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke,...freight. And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy aa frost, and deep almost as life! WoRDSWoRTH. THE Gascoigne carriage was sent to Holmdale for the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...Presence which is not to be put by ; * Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains...yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife 1 Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pages
...hahit in a man ! Two Gentlemen of Verona, v. 4. upheld hy old repute, Consent, or custom ; PL, i. 640. Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight,...lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life. WORDSWORTH. ' Ode — Intimniions of Immortality.' The mild necessity of use compels... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom, on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring th' inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife. Full soon thy soul shall have her... | |
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Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have... 
