I, long before the blissful hour arrives, Would chant, in lonely peace, the spousal verse Of this great consummation — and, by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would I arouse the sensual from their sleep Of Death, and win the vacant... The excursion, being a portion of The recluse, a poem - Sida 8efter William Wordsworth - 1857Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 sidor
...plains with ev'ning dews are spread, Tb« milky burthen smokes upon her head. Gay. MIND- Adaptation of. My voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual mind ¡And the progressive powers perhaps no less 'Ü the whole species.) to the external world I. a:ted : — and how exquisitely too — ГЬсше... | |
| 1864 - 692 sidor
...It is the grand subject of " The Excursion," and the sole topic of many of Wordsworth's poems. " His voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive powers perhaps no lese Of the whole species) to the external world Is fitted : — and how exquisitely, too — Theme... | |
| William Purton - 1865 - 176 sidor
...metaphorical sense ; explaining the argument of the Exci. rsion, he thus expresses himself : — " While my voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual...fitted: — and how exquisitely, too, (Theme this hut little heard of among men) The external world is fitted to the mind ; And the creution (by no lower... | |
| George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - 1867 - 360 sidor
...sustained ? P. £., ix. 330 all external things Which the five watchful senses represent. Id., v. 105. How exquisitely the individual Mind (And the progressive...less Of the whole species) to the external World Is fitted:—and how exquisitely, too— Theme this but little heard of among men— The external World... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 sidor
...spousal verse Of this great consummation :—and, by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are. Would I arouse the sensual from their sleep Of...less Of the whole species) to the external World Is fitted:—and how exquisitely, too— Theme this but little heard of among men— The external World... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 644 sidor
...Of this great consummation :— and, hy words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would 1 arouse the sensual from their sleep Of Death, and win the vacant and the vain To nohle raptures : while my voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual Mind (And the progressive... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1871 - 632 sidor
...Of this great consummation ; — and, by words Which speak of nothing more than what we are, Would 1 arouse the sensual from their sleep Of death, and win the vacant and the rain To noble raptures ; while my voice proclaims How exquisitely the individual Hind (And the progressive... | |
| 1872 - 752 sidor
...the correspondence of nature to the mind of man in all its varieties and particulars. He says : 41 How exquisitely the individual mind (And the progressive...external world Is fitted ; — and how exquisitely, too, Thi'ine this but little heard of among men, The external world is fitted t%the mind ; And the creation... | |
| Henry Noble Day - 1872 - 458 sidor
...idea which expresses itself in its diversified forms in all nature, content ourselves with admiring w How exquisitely the individual mind, And the progressive...external world Is fitted ; and how exquisitely, too, The external world is fitted to the mind." But we crave a more specific answer than this of the general... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1873 - 438 sidor
...spousal verse Of this great consummation ; and by words Wh,ich speak of nothing 'more than what we arc, Would I arouse the sensual from their sleep Of death,...and win the vacant and the vain To noble raptures." In the same spirit he speaks of the beautiful " Beauty, — a living Presence of the earth, Surpassing... | |
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