 | 1854 - 332 pages
...benignant grace; Nor knew we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thoe on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. WOKDSWOBTH. "WHY do you dwell so much, dear mamma, upon the necessity of acting from a principle of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 464 pages
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's...treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And themost ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh andstrong . To humbler functions, awful Power ! I... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...another instance of this purity of thought and of expression. The following stanza is very noble : " Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's...their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads." Both as a moral and as a. religious poet, Wordsworth may take a high station. In the latter point of... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...another instance of this purity of thought and of expression. The following stanza is very noble: " Stern lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most...their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads." Both as a moral and as a religious poet, Wordsworth may take a high station. In the latter point of... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1887 - 490 pages
...might. " Stern Lawgiver! Yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." It has sometimes been objected to Wordsworth's poetry, that while it is full of natural religion it... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 pages
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most...on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thttu dost preserve the stare from wrong, And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...religion's dome, And be her first fruits proffered At Home ! dear Home ! BARTON. TO DUTY.* — OH Duty ! thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant grace...Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance on thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavens through... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's...ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler funetions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour... | |
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Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And... 
