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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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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

1855 - 458 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 And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And...
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Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2

Samuel Bailey - 1855 - 846 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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A summer in the wilderness. A tour to the River Saguenay. Letters from the ...

Charles Lanman - 1856 - 572 pages
...earthly freight, And custom lie upon thee with a weight Heavy as lute, and deep almost as life." 13 " 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 blooms, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." Strange,...
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Modern Painters, Volume 2

John Ruskin - 1856 - 252 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 length...
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Lectures on the History of Ancient Philosophy, Volume 2

William Archer Butler - 1856 - 486 pages
...Shades of tho 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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Modern Painters, Volume 2

John Ruskin - 1856 - 252 pages
...Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy : Bat 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 length...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...Heaven lies about .us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, 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 length...
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The Earlier Poems of William Wordsworth: Corrected as in the Latest Editions ...

William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 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 British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volume 1

1864 - 492 pages
...Shades of the prison-house* begin to close Upon the growing boy; Bat he beholds the light, and whence it flows; He sees it in his joy. The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, s-till is Nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended. At...
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The Epistles of St. John: A Series of Lectures on Christian Ethics

Frederick Denison Maurice - 1857 - 400 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 hia way attended ; At...
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