 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...happiness and joy, — And stand in freedom loosened from this world ; I deem not arduous : — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to...keep Heights which the Soul is competent to gain. —Man is of dust : etherial Hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pages
...hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous: — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...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...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust - ethereal hopes are bis. Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - Christian life - 1832 - 450 pages
...of great importance toward the maintenance of that habit of mind, which has its treasure in heaven. 'Tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 pages
...historiques." p. 17. Something foreign to it is ever clinging to the noblest conception, $c.] — : But must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust ; ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | Lady, A Lady - Bereavement - 1836 - 338 pages
...stand in freedom loosen'd from this world, I deem not arduous ; — but must needs confess, That Mis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust : ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 pages
...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...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust : ethereal hopes are his, Which, 'when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want... | |
 | Mary Richardson (ady.) - 1837 - 986 pages
...Delmer. CHAPTER III. " To relinquish all We have^ or hope, of happiness and joy I deem not arduous : but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible, 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 - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosen'd from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible to...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft Want due consistence;... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...loosen'd from this world, I deem not arduous ; hut must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossihle e kept The water gate below, but seldom spoke, Though...nights arrived 'he prison boat, that boat with many Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft Want due consistence... | |
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tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires, And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. 
