How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal, man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps; regions consecrate To oldest time! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest,... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Sida 139efter William Wordsworth - 1854Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 sidor
...if it were a Spirit ! — How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...many there ; and, while the Mists Flying, and rainy Vapours, call out Shapes And Phantoms from the crags and solid earth As fast as a Musician scatters... | |
| 1831 - 602 sidor
...be remembered that the pale-faces found them a free and happy people, — " Roaming at targe among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps ! Regions consecrate To olden time." And they made them, by that oppression which drives wise men, as well as simple savages,... | |
| George Nelson Smith - 1822 - 272 sidor
...As if it were a Spirit !—How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...many there ; and, while the Mists Flying, and rainy Vapours, call out Shapes And Pnaruoms from the crags and solid earth As fast as a Musician scatters... | |
| George Nelson Smith - 1822 - 256 sidor
...As if it were a Spirit!—How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a Presence or a Motion—one Among the many there ; and, while the Mists Flying, and rainy Vapours, call out Shapes... | |
| Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1832 - 232 sidor
...admitted. He feels — « How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...devious footsteps, regions consecrate To oldest time ! - While the streams Descending from the regions of the clocds, And starting from the hollows of the... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 sidor
...damp under•wood.] — " How divine, The liberty for frail, for mortal man, To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...many there ; and, while the mists Flying, and rainy vapours, call out shapes And phantoms from the craigs and solid earth, As fast as a musician scatters... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1836 - 364 sidor
...!" TO THE MOUNTAIN WINDS. -How divine The liberty, for frail, for mortal man, To roam at large among unpeopled glens, And mountainous retirements, only...reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in his nest, Be as a presence or a motion — One Among the many there. WOEDSWORTH. MOUNTAIN winds ! oh... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 sidor
...As if it were a spirit ! How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among SAPPHO of the age. I wrong her— The vapours, call out shapes And phantoms from the crags and solid earth As fast as a musician scatters... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 sidor
...it As if it were a spirit! How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion—one Among the many there ; and, while the mists Flying, and rainy vapours, call out shapes... | |
| Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 230 sidor
...astonishment of the beholder. 1 How divine Th« liberty for frail, for mortal man, To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only...devious footsteps : regions consecrate To oldest time ! Near the summit we discovered money secreted among the rocks and took the ' responsibility of removing... | |
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