 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
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 pages
...power, Thy soul was like a star, and dwell 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. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 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. Though the poem has an air of voicing a collective attitude to Milton, certain phrases... | |
 | John Halperin - 1975 - 352 pages
...in the concluding lines he brings us this compendious example of manners, virtue, freedom and power: So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful...godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. The heart that goes life's common way in cheerful godliness laying its duties on herself... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 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. [APA] WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568-1639), ambassador under James I and Provost of Eton... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 pages
...continued: 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. But to be aware of Milton's activities is to realize the extent to which Wordsworth... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart. (1. 8—9) 42 EP; TrGrPo The Rigs o' Barley 46 The time flew by,...tentless heed; Till, 'tween the late and early, Wi' herself did lay. (1. 12-14) AWP; EnRP; FaBoPV; FaBV; FaPoR; FF; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HelP; InvP; LiTB;... | |
 | J. Edward Chamberlin - 1993 - 340 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.7 Sometimes, the purposes to which the form was turned were ironically political, undermining... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 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. Written in London, September, 1802 O Friend! I know not which way I must look For... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 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. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Why did I laugh tonight? Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will... | |
 | Lela Knox Shanks - 1996 - 224 pages
...again; And give us the virtue to protest this shame. Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst...yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. You never visited my town; but, oh, how you affected its people. My earliest recall is of your impact... | |
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