 | William Wordsworth - 1855 - 704 sidor
...Liberal and undistinifuishini;, should hide OO The excellence of moral qualities DISCOURSE, ETC. 307 From common understanding ; leaving truth And virtue,.../ The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, 1 Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. The generous inclination, the just rule, / Kind... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1855 - 524 sidor
...of practical enjoyment and utility. " Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar." " The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are Bcalter'd at the feet of man, like flowers*." Whatever the demerits of the ' Treatise on Human Nature,'... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - 360 sidor
...MORALITIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 19 Here are verses from which Wordsworth might have drawn his lines : — " The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scatter" d at the feet of man like flowers." But the distinction between the two passages is that between... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - 438 sidor
...luster, he that runs may read." Here are verses from which Wordsworth might have drawn his lines : 'The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heel, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." But the distinction between the two... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 sidor
...he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident to-morrows. Wisdom married to immortal verse. Book ix. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities, that soothe, and healj and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers. The Prelude. Bliss was it in that... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 sidor
...might be deemed The failure, if the Almighty, to this point Liberal and undistiuguishing, should hide The excellence of moral qualities From common understanding...the rest! Believe it not: The primal duties shine aloft—like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man—like... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 sidor
...sorrow. Hamkt, i. 2. zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait. PR, iii. 172. The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and hless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. The Excursion, ix. this imperial Realm, While... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 sidor
...might be deem'd The failure, if the Almighty, to this point Liberal and undistinguishing, should hide The excellence of moral qualities From common understanding...The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless. Are scatter'd at the feet of man — like flowers. The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind w'shes,... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 sidor
...might be deemM The failure, if the Almighty, to this point Liberal and undistinguishing, should hide The excellence of moral qualities From common understanding...The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scatter'd at the feet of man — like flowers. The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind wishes,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1858 - 292 sidor
...which is, in fact, precisely the characteristic of all such virtues when performed by the young. " The primal duties shine aloft like stars. The charities...and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of men like flowers." But if the latter are gathered by no hands more plentifully than by those of our... | |
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Believe it not : The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. 
