 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 sidor
...give light, More to terror than delight, 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, thou pure earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. WITHER. IDtfoets WHEN all the year our fields are... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 sidor
...give light, More to terror than delight, 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, thou pure earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. WITHER. JDti>crs WHEN all the year our fields are... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 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...earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy, thou svveet'st content That e'er Heaven to mortals lent ; Though they as a trifle leave thee, Whose dull... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 514 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... | |
 | Samuel Woolcock Christophers - 1867 - 512 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...best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Well sung, Wither ! He has broken his prison ; he has reached the home of freedom, and now drinks at... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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...best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Pocsic, thou swect'st content That ere Heaven to mortals lent, Though they as a trifle leave thee,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 sidor
...tit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort ami delight. Therefore then, y, As o'er the glimmering waves we flew ; The sea-bird rustling, wailing by. And now the Heaven to mortals lent; Though they us a trille leave thee. Whose dull thoughts cannot conceive theo,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 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. Therefore, ihou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this; Poesy, thou sweet'st content, That e'er Heaven... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 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...earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. Poesy, thon sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee. Whose... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 sidor
...neglect, Walled about with disrespect, — Krom all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for this. I'oesy, thou sweet'st content That e'er heaven to mortals lent : Though they as a trifle leave thee,... | |
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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... 
