 Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence; like a pillar of smoke, That with majestic energy from earth Rises; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer...  The Mourner's Book - Pàgina 155per Lady, A Lady - 1836 - 320 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 pàgines
...stand in freedom loosened from this world ; I deem not arduous : — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...which the Soul is competent to gain. —Man is of dust : etherial Hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pàgines
...stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous : — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...with majestic energy from earth Rises ; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer seen. From this infirmity of mortal... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pàgines
...stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous: — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...themselves aloft, Want due consistence ; like a pillar of'smoke, That with majestic energy from earth Rises; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pàgines
...stand in freedom looseu'd from thU world, I deem not arduous: — but must needs confess That 't is a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...competent to gain. — Man is of dust - ethereal hopes are bis. Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence; like a pillar of smoke.... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1832 - 450 pàgines
...great importance toward the maintenance of that habit of mind, which has its treasure in heaven. 'Tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...with majestic energy from earth Rises; but having reached the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer seen. WORDSWORTH. It is by means, and... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 pàgines
...foreign to it is ever clinging to the noblest conception, $c.] — : But must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...with majestic energy from earth Rises ; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer seen." — Excursion. SMeicher, like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 pàgines
...in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That 'tis a.thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's...themselves aloft, Want due consistence ; like a pillar of snjoke, That with majestic energy from earth Rises ; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1837 - 402 pàgines
...And stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...pillar of smoke, That with majestic energy from earth Eises ; but, having reached the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer seen. From this... | |
 | Mary Richardson (ady.) - 1837 - 986 pàgines
...relinquish all We have^ or hope, of happiness and joy I deem not arduous : but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible, to frame Conceptions equal to...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain." WORDSWORTH. DAY after day now passed heavily and sadly away. The only event of any interest, being... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pàgines
...And stand in freedom loosen'd from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...pillar of smoke, That with majestic energy from earth ilises ; but, having reach'd the thinner air, Melts, and dissolves, and is no longer seen. From this... | |
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