 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 448 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and delight." That stony cell of his was to him like the rock of Padan-aram to the wandering Patriarch. He saw angels... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 448 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and delight." That stony cell of his was to him like the rock of Padan-aram to the wandering Patriarch. He saw angels... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 446 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and delight." That stony cell of his was to him like the rock of Padan-aram to the wandering Patriarch. He saw angels... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 482 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee;... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee;... | |
 | George Wither - 1891 - 200 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect ; From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me, by her might, To draw comfort...thee for this. Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er Heaven to mortals lent ! Though they as a trifle leave thee Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive thee,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 480 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might, To draw comfort and delight.' ' That stony cell of his was to him like the rock of Padan-aram to the wandering Patriarch. He saw... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 sidor
...neglect Wall'd about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight. Therefore then, best earthly bibs, I will cherish thee for this ! Poesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er Heaven... | |
 | 1894 - 684 sidor
...spoken by a shepherd, himself a poet. It is far too long for me to quote more than the conclusion — Therefore, thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy ! thou sweet'st content That ever Heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive... | |
 | 1894 - 678 sidor
...spoken by a shepherd, himself a poet. It is far too long for me to quote more than the conclusion — Therefore, thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy I thou sweet'st content That ever Heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose... | |
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Beating on these hollow caves; This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss: The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A... 
