 The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife? Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life!  The Vista of English Verse - Page 3221911 - 654 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by 1 Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born...strife? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that... | |
 | George Henry Calvert - 1878 - 246 pages
...Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage, thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st th' eternal deep, Haunted forever by the eternal mind,...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... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...strife? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! O joy! that... | |
 | William Cosmo Monkhouse - 1878 - 224 pages
...Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...strife? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life I O joy ! that... | |
 | 1878 - 446 pages
...Broods like the Day, a Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by; Thott little CHld, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on...strife ? Full soon thy Soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! IX. Oh joy... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...heritage, thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life I IX. O joy... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,— Mighty Prophet ! seer blest...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! O joy !... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...heritage, thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! IX. O joy... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...strife? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life! 122 INTIMATIONS... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...equipage ; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ! Thou best philosopher, who yet...strife ? Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as frost, and deep almost as life ! 0 joy ! that... | |
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