 Be left him, trust the freight of his distress To a long voyage on the silent deep ! For like a plague will memory break out ; And, in the blank and solitude of things, Upon his spirit, with a fever's strength, Will conscience prey.  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Sida 113efter William Wordsworth - 1854Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1815 - 612 sidor
...experience : " Ye Powers Of soul and sense, mysteriously allied ! O never let the wretched, if a choice Be left him, trust the freight of his distress To...spirit, with a fever's strength, Will conscience prey." To promote the cheerfulness of those who consider pure poetry as a most risible absurdity, a most wild... | |
 | 1815 - 606 sidor
...mysteriously allied ! O never let the wretched, if a choice Be left him, trust the freight of his distrete To a long voyage on the silent deep ! For, like a...spirit, with a fever's strength, Will conscience prey." To promote the cheerfulness of those who consider pure poetry as a most risible absurdity, a most wild... | |
 | 1821 - 370 sidor
...memories the sufferer had dishonoured by his errors, casting their silent looks perpetually upon him : " Feebly must they have felt Who, in old time, attired...whips The vengeful Furies. Beautiful regards Were turn'd on me— the face of her I loved ; The wife and mother pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable."... | |
 | 1837 - 418 sidor
...disprove them. (To te continued.} l28 FLOWERS OF FICTION. l29 P. l3l. THE PARISIAN ROAD TO RUIN. " Like a plague will memory break out, And, in the blank...attired with snakes and whips The vengeful Furies!" Wordsworth. IN the coarse of curiosity -hunting, I passed away many an evening in the gorgeous saloons... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 sidor
...streaming: but, ye powers Of soul and sense—mysteriously allied, O, never let the wretched, if a choice Be left him, trust the freight of his distress To...whips The vengeful furies. Beautiful regards Were turn'd on me—the face of her I loved; The wife and mother, pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable!... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 sidor
...streaming: but, ye powers Of soul and sense — mysteriously allied, 0, never let the wretched, if a choice j And, in the blank and solitude of things, Upon his spirit, with a fever's strength, Will conscience... | |
 | 1815 - 560 sidor
...chambers. • Yet he describes himself as subject to compunctious visitations from that silent quarter. Feebly must they have felt, Who, in old time, attired...Furies. Beautiful regards Were turned on me — the lace of her I loved ; The wife and mother ; pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable ! —... | |
 | mrs. Quintin Kennedy - 1840 - 320 sidor
... 4o THE YOICE OF CONSCIENCE: A NARRATIVE FOUNDED ON FACT. BY MRS. QUINTIN KENNEDY. " FOR LIKE A PLAGUE, WILL MEMORY BREAK OUT : AND, IN THE BLANK AND SOLITUDE OF THINGS, UPON HIS SPIEIT, WITH A FEVER'S STRENGTH, WILL CONSCIENCE PREY." WORDSWORTH. FISHER, SON, & CO., NEWGATE ST.,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1842 - 412 sidor
...memories the sufferer had dishonoured by his errors, casting their silent looks perpetually upon him: Who, in old time, attired with snakes and whips The...vengeful Furies. Beautiful regards Were turned on me—the face of her I loved ; The wife and mother pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable!"... | |
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