 Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy! Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see...  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 6edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Truth-seeker and present age - 1849 - 540 pages
...dreams : we think again of our nature and destiny. ' Tho inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.' — Vol. ip 156. It is part of the poct's mission... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American literature - 1849 - 334 pages
...moments, when the happiness of our whole life seems centred in the time, ' Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither ; Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sporting on the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.' 122 THE ANGEL... | |
 | London queen's coll - 1849 - 378 pages
...creature Moving about in worlds not realized;" by which " Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither : Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sporting on the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." And those old... | |
 | Cyrus Augustus Bartol - Unitarianism - 1850 - 358 pages
...seem moments in the being Of the Eternal Silence. Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in...travel thither. And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." It is true, that in that life, as in the absolute... | |
 | Religion - 1850 - 454 pages
...faculty divine ;" and " In n N Tuson of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither. Can in...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore. And hear the mighty waters rolling esermore." These truths bring peace to the poet. They link... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...bronght ns hither ; Can in a moment travel thither, — And see the ehildren sport npon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. Then, sing ye birds, sing, sing a joyons song ! And let the yonng lambs bonnd As to the tabor's sonnd ! We, in thonght, will join yonr... | |
 | 1850 - 744 pages
...individual entireness. It is only in rare " seasons of calm weather," that— " Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither; Can in a moment travel thither, And hear its mighty waters roll ing evermore." At other, and ordinary seasons, the vision is dim, the voices... | |
 | John Pringle Nichol - Nebulae - 1850 - 440 pages
...our priest-poet has sungIN A SEASON OF CALM WEATHER, THOUGH INLAND FAB WE BE, OUR SOULS HAVE SIGHT OF THAT IMMORTAL SEA WHICH BROUGHT US HITHER, CAN IN A MOMENT TRAVEL THITHER, AND SEF- THE CHILDREN SPORT UPON THE SHORE, AND HEAR THE MIGHTY WATERS ROLLING EVERMORE. P1.ATK VII Thou... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...or destroy ! TT*Hence in a season of calm weather \ Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of ddened eyes Of Nature's unambitious underwood, And...that prosper in the shade. And when I speak of such a shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore. 10. Then sing1, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song... | |
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