 Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did...  Essays from the North American Review - Page 105publié par - 1879 - 482 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1851 - 702 pages
...freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the i Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." 48 not reparation, has been their motto, and the clergy of those countries, which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...power! Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst...godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.' Let us now turn to another patriarch, and wander with his shade. Samuel Rogers was... | |
 | 1851 - 508 pages
...This contrast Wordsworth has finely depicted : — " Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like tlie sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." In combination with the vastest native powers it is surprising to find industry that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the se Pure as the naked heavens — majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heatt The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...power Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: That thoh , cuinmon way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV. GREAT... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 364 pages
...power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the naked Heavens, majestic, free: So didst...Godliness, and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." One should have climbed to as high a point as Wordsworth to be able to review Milton,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pages
...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thau hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst...life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy hear' The lowliest duties on herself did lay. This is great writing : no affectation, no babyism here,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst'thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Great Men. Great men have been among us; hands that penned And tongues that uttered... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...— Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, — majestic, free ; So...godliness : and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. — Wordsworth. LESSON XXIX.— THURSDAY. ENGLISH HISTORY — PLANTAGENET LINE. A... | |
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