Is lightened: — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 101by William Wordsworth - 1828 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Henry Taylor - 1849 - 322 pages
...many acts of daily life, describes thus the other particulars in which he is indebted to them : — c Nor less I trust To them I may have owed another gift...things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft — In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight, when the fretful stir Unprofitable,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...that serene and blessed mood, * The river i< not affected by the tide« a few mile« above Tintera. In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until,...become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, anil the deep power of joy, We see into the life of tilings. If this Be but a... | |
| William Starbuck Mayo - 1849 - 544 pages
...spirit — perhaps a better — in " That serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently led us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And...asleep In body, and become a living soul ; While with a heart made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep sense of joy, We see into the life of things."... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To them I mny have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime ; that...things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ! how oft, In darknesp, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight; when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this uniHtelligible world, Is lightened ; that serene and blessed mood...things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh < how oft, In darkness, and among the many shapes Of joyless daylight, when the fretful stir Unprofitable, and... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...affections gently lead us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our humau ve the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. Jf this Be but a vain... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 pages
...produced by natural forms of beauty, and passing as elements of existence into his being. He describes another gift of aspect more sublime : - That blessed...become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. Passing over the emotions... | |
| Hudson (Captain.) - 1852 - 68 pages
...vital monads are still, and as WOKUSWORTH beautifully observes, — " Approach that blessed mood To which the affections gently lead us on, Until the...become a living soul : While, with an eye made quiet by the power Of magic harmony, and mystic joy, We see into the depths of things unknown." Mesmerists speak... | |
| Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 pages
...or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To...life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, O ! how oft, In darkness, and amid the many shapes Of joyless daylight ; when the fretful stir Unprofitable,... | |
| 1853 - 442 pages
...no trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To...become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh ; how oft, In darkness... | |
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