 Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be. Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither; Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.  Songs of Three Centuries - Stran 94uredili: - 1876 - 352 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1858 - 460 strani
...eternal silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds,... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 strani
...eternal Silence1 truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 386 strani
...the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessnes?, nor mad endeavor, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye Birds,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1859 - 384 strani
...all our seeing ; Uphold us, cherish, and hare power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish...enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!" It is a difficult thing for the proud intellect, confident of its own resources, to appreciate the... | |
 | William Swinton - 1859 - 326 strani
...transcendent lines that are borne to us like aromatic breezes blown from the Islands of the Blest. " Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far...us hither — Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore And hear the mighty waters rolling ever more!" But, " descending... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 strani
...eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy....us hither, — Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 strani
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. LlJCY. THREE years... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 strani
...noble : and have in them the elements of all which we ourselves have desired to be, but are not. " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sporting oa the shore, And hear the mighty waters, rolling evermore." But to gain... | |
 | James McCosh - 1860 - 512 strani
...begin, and he may be interested to know what happened before. " Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." But this is not... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 strani
...eternal silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlcssness nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy,...brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then sing, ye birds,... | |
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