The Excursion: A Poem |
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That stern yet kindly Spirit , who constrains The Savoyard to quit his naked rocks ,
The free - born Swiss to leave his narrow vales , ( Spirit attached to regions
mountainous Like their own steadfast clouds ) did now impel His restless ...
That stern yet kindly Spirit , who constrains The Savoyard to quit his naked rocks ,
The free - born Swiss to leave his narrow vales , ( Spirit attached to regions
mountainous Like their own steadfast clouds ) did now impel His restless ...
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His calling laid aside , he lived at ease : But still he loved to pace the public roads
And the wild paths ; and , by the summer's warmth Invited , often would he leave
his home And journey far , revisiting the scenes That to his memory were most ...
His calling laid aside , he lived at ease : But still he loved to pace the public roads
And the wild paths ; and , by the summer's warmth Invited , often would he leave
his home And journey far , revisiting the scenes That to his memory were most ...
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.But this endured not ; his good humour soon Became a weight in which no
pleasure was : And poverty brought on a petted mood And a sore temper : day by
day he drooped , And he would leave his work — and to the town Would turn
without ...
.But this endured not ; his good humour soon Became a weight in which no
pleasure was : And poverty brought on a petted mood And a sore temper : day by
day he drooped , And he would leave his work — and to the town Would turn
without ...
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... and all the grief That passing shows of Being leave behind , Appeared an idle
dream , that could maintain , Nowhere , dominion o'er the enlightened spirit
Whose meditative sympathies repose Upon the breast of Faith . And walked
along my ...
... and all the grief That passing shows of Being leave behind , Appeared an idle
dream , that could maintain , Nowhere , dominion o'er the enlightened spirit
Whose meditative sympathies repose Upon the breast of Faith . And walked
along my ...
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... the Solitary's description of the companionship they afford him — 67 , Account
of the departed inmate of the cottage -71 , Description of a grand spectacle upon
the mountains , with its effect upon the Solitary's mind - a73 , Leave the house .
... the Solitary's description of the companionship they afford him — 67 , Account
of the departed inmate of the cottage -71 , Description of a grand spectacle upon
the mountains , with its effect upon the Solitary's mind - a73 , Leave the house .
Какво казват хората - Напишете рецензия
Не намерихме рецензии на обичайните места.
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
appeared beauty beneath BOOK bound breath bright ceased cheerful child close cloth clouds course dark dead death delight desires earth face fair faith fear feel fields fixed flowers frame Friend gain give grace grave green hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven hills hope hour human kind land leave less light living lonely look lost mind mortal mountain moved nature never o'er object once pains passed peace pleased POEMS poor praise Price pure reached reason rest returned rocks round seat seemed seen sense shade side sight silent Solitary sorrow soul sound speak spirit stand steps stood stream suffer tender things thoughts trees truth turned vale virtue voice walk Wanderer wild winds wish youth
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Страница 115 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only — an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power, Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Страница 102 - Turned inward, to examine of what stuff Time's fetters are composed ; and life was put To inquisition long and profitless! By pain of heart now checked — and now impelled — The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way...
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Страница 37 - My Friend ! enough to sorrow you have given, The purposes of wisdom ask no more ; Be wise and cheerful ; and no longer read The forms of things with an unworthy eye. She sleeps in the calm earth, and peace is here.
Страница xii - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreams — can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man — My haunt, and the main region of my song.
Страница xvi - Where, on a small hereditary farm, An unproductive slip of rugged ground, His Parents, with their numerous offspring, dwelt ; A virtuous household, though exceeding poor...
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