 The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.  The Excursion; a Poem - Sida 323efter William Wordsworth - 1836 - 374 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 sidor
...— — Believe it not: The primal dutien shine aloft — lika^ttars; The charitj.es that sootlte , and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like ßowert. The generous inclination , the just rule, "") Innewerdend, obgleich spät, ilaft aller wahre... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sidor
...qualities From common understanding ; leaving truth And virtue, difficult, abstruse and dark ; Hard to be won, and only by a few : — Strange, should he deal herein with nice respects, 334 . THE AMERICAN [Lesson 156. And frustrate all the rest ! Believe it not : The primal duties shine... | |
 | 1825 - 426 sidor
...leaves. p. 56. Small Creature as she is, from earth's bright flowers Into the dewy clouds. — . p. 159. The primal duties shine aloft— like stars ; The...bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man— like flowers p. 398.' Many, very many passages equal to any we have extracted, we have passed over with regret that... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sidor
...qualities From common understanding; leaving truth And virtue, difficult, abstruse, and dark ; Hard to be won, and only by a few ; Strange, should he deal herein with nice respects, Ami frustrate all the rest .' Believe it not : The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 sidor
...qualities From common understanding ; leaving truth And virtue, difficult, abstruse, and dark ; Hard to be won, and only by a few ; Strange, should he deal herein with nic« respect. And frustrate all the rest! Believe it not: The primal duties shine aloft — like stars... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis - 1831 - 224 sidor
... ts'&ft^y*^ V POE 31 S . BY ALONZO LEWIS. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities,...bless, Are scattered at the feet of man, like flowers. WOBDSWORTH. BOSTON. JOHN H. EASTBURN. U7»7 Copy-right secured, according to Act of Congress. PREFACE.... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis - 1831 - 224 sidor
... f POEMS BY ALONZO LEWIS. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities,...bless, Are scattered at the feet of man, like flowers. WORDSWORTH BOSTON. . JOHN H. EASTBURN. 1831. Copy-right secured, according to Act of Congress. ± a... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 sidor
...depends. And if Wordsworth uttered a truth, in the garb of poetry, when he said that the ' cbirities which soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers,' have we not reason to watch lest they are gradually but surely overshadowed ? sentiment to quicken... | |
 | 1833 - 424 sidor
...Wordsworth ; that while " The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities, that sooth, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man — like flowers." There are other uses of the inequalities of life viewed in reference to the intimate relations of the... | |
 | 1849 - 782 sidor
...or as the bard o Rydal Mount has beautifully expressed it, The primal duties shine aloft like star*. The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. Finally, he may learn that to accomplish any useful resu in this fleeting existence, there must he... | |
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