 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 h*er...  The Excursion: A Poem - Sida 133efter William Wordsworth - 1847 - 374 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1831 - 602 sidor
...it must be remembered that the pale-faces found them a free and happy people, — " Roaming at targe among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements,...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 - 256 sidor
...of feeling which dictated the following lines:— " Oh! what a joy it were, in \igorous health, To have a Body (this our vital Frame With shrinking sensibility- endued, And all the nice regards of flesh andt)looJ) And to the elements surrender it As if it were a Spirit!—How divine, The liberty, for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sidor
...rushed nto my bosom, whence these words broke forth: • Oh ! what a joy it were, in vigorous health. To have a Body (this our vital frame With shrinking sensibility endued, And all the nice regards of llesh and blood) And to the elements surrender it \s if it were a Spirit! — Uow divine, The liberty,... | |
 | Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1832 - 232 sidor
...whom his soul claims kindred, and to whose " high converse" he hopes to be admitted. He feels — « How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man...devious footsteps, regions consecrate To oldest time ! - While the streams Descending from the regions of the clocds, And starting from the hollows of the... | |
 | Thomas Rose - 1832 - 238 sidor
...whom his soul claims kindred, and to whose " high converse" he hopes to be admitted. He feels — " How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man...unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By c'cvious footsteps, regions consecrate To oldest time t While the streams Descending from the regions... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 sidor
...rushed Into my bosom, whence these words broke forth : " Oh ! what a joy it were, in vigorous health, To have a body (this our vital frame With shrinking sensibility...to the elements surrender it As if it were a spirit ! — Blow divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal man 'To roam at large among unpeopled glens And... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 sidor
...rush'd Into my bosom, whence these words broke fortb: " 0 ! what a joy it were, in vigorous health, To * À 0 ' ܷ 0 a ꆩ a ... ֎ Ŝ ǀ 0 lime ! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion... | |
 | Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 230 sidor
...upon his bosom in mingled confusion, and excite the astonishment of the beholder. 1 How divine Th« liberty for frail, for mortal man, To roam at large...devious footsteps : regions consecrate To oldest time ! Near the summit we discovered money secreted among the rocks and took the ' responsibility of removing... | |
 | Samuel Adams Devens - 1838 - 228 sidor
...mighty forest rest upon his bosorn in mingled confusion, and excite the astonishment of the beholder. ' How divine The liberty for frail, for mortal man,...roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirement!, only trod By devious footsteps : regions consecrate To oldest time ! Near the summit we... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1843 - 672 sidor
...DISCURSIVE REMARKS UPON MEN AND MANNERS. BY LORD WILLIAM LENNOX. {Continued from page 307.) CHAPTER VII. " How divine The liberty, for frail, for mortal man,...mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps." — WORDSWORTH. Quebec— Sledging— The QDC ; Quebec Driving Club — Private TheatricalsNew Reading... | |
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