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" Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest,... "
From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-nine Portraits and Selections from ... - Page 293
by Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 317 pages
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Mental and Moral Culture, and Popular Education

Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1844 - 264 pages
...diffuses over our whole being that joy, and peace, and hope, which take fast hold of immortality. " O ! joy, that in our embers Is something that doth...live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive ! " * * * "— those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are...
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Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ..., Volumes 5-6

George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 pages
...Shades of the prison house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At...
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Letters from a Landscape Painter

Charles Lanman - 1845 - 288 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight, Heavy as fate, and deep almost as life." 0 joy, that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive," " To me, the meanest flower that blows, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." Strange,...
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Brownson's Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must (ravel, still is Nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At...
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 5-8

1845 - 570 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At...
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The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. Etc

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on Ms way attended ; At length...
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A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

Theodore Parker - 1846 - 418 pages
...and small, it may be, but moving on the face of the deep, and bringing light out of darkness. " Oh joy that in our embers Is something that doth live, That Nature yet remembers What was so fugitive." Now to sum up the result. It seems, from the very Idea of God, that He must be infinitely present in...
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Poetry for Home and School ...

1846 - 436 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's priest, IA INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. And by the vision splendid...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy : The youth, who daily farther from the cast Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At...
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