tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure: — But the least motion which they made It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch... "Under Green Leaves.": A Book of Rural Poems - Page 14edited by - 1865 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fen To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all...Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man ? WORDSWORTH. flonu %ugj}is OH, to be in England, Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...Their thoughts I cannot measure— But the least motion which they made It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. CCLXXIII RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE When Ruth was left half desolate Her father took another... | |
| John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 pages
...around me hopp'd and play*d ; Their thoughts I cannot measure—- But the least motion that they made, The budding twigs spread out their fan. To catch the...there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven is sent, If such be nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man ? LESSON... | |
| John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. " The budding twigs spread out their fan. To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." But this ineffable condition cannot subsist long. All things in the world change, and, by a gracious... | |
| 1863 - 982 pages
...Their thoughts I cannot measure — But the least motion which they made It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...Have I not reason to lament What Man has made of Man ? W. Wordsworth CCLXXIII RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NA TURE WHEN Ruth was left half desolate Her father... | |
| Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man ? 1798 LIII LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY, ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE DURING... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man ? 1798 LIII LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY, ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE DURING... | |
| 1865 - 392 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man ? W98. iv. A CHARACTER. There 'a weakness, and strength both redundant and vain ; Such strength as,... | |
| Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...thoughts I cannot measure — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
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