 | 1864 - 334 pages
...feel the weight of chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose which ever is the same. Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh ! let my weakness have an end... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...feel the weight of chance desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose which ever is the same. Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh ! let my weakness have an end... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1864 - 320 pages
...has to pay a heavy price for the blessing. CHAPTER V. " Stern Lawgiver ! yet dost wear The GoJhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong." WORDSWORTH. — Ode to Duty. UT what became of little Tom T? He slipt away off the rocks into the water,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1864 - 312 pages
...the dread eternal Nemesis — unflinching, exacting, with trumpet-tones demanding "What thou owestl" Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon...ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong."* How severe and stately is 'MANLY,' which is just man-like : how noble, how compensating ! It strengthens... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end... | |
 | 1865 - 392 pages
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 396 pages
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong j And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...the quietness of thought : Me this unchartered freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end!... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1866 - 304 pages
...ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Duty. 181 Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon...fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O let my weakness have an end !... | |
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Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And... 
