Silence : truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man, nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of calm weather. Poems by William Wordsworth - Page 59by William Wordsworth - 1907 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
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...in the being Of the eternal {Hence : truths that wake, To perifh never ; Which neither liilat-nofs, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolifli or deftroy ! Hence, in a feafbn of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our fouls have fight... | |
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...outlast all the flitting specialties of mode and custom, — " Truths that wake, to perish never ; Which neither listlessness nor mad endeavour, Nor...enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy." As You Like It is exceedingly rich and varied in character. The several persons stand out round and... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ethics - 1818 - 390 pages
...noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, . ....utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of ealm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither... | |
| Young infidel - 1821 - 264 pages
...uncertain path of scepticism and metaphysical discussion, leaving " Truths that wake " To perish never : " Which neither listlessness nor mad endeavour, " Nor...enmity with joy, " Can utterly abolish or destroy." . WORDSWORTH. Truths which find a hallowed connection with all noble minds ; that shed their vivifying... | |
| English literature - 1825 - 878 pages
...tenderest awakenings, that these affections, as generally reared, are Thoughts that rise To perish never, Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor...man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can e'er root out, abolish, or destroy*. The poet, then, has here something in the human mind by which... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...Our noisy years Rccm moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor...Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly aholish or destroy ! Hence, in a season nf calm weather, Though inland far we he, Our Souls have sight... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
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| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...the eternal silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy f Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though Inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1834 - 610 pages
...eternal silence ; truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with Joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy. " Happy will those be in the sterner or sedater portions of their life, who have looked on nature early... | |
| Sharon Turner - Religion and science - 1834 - 608 pages
...eternal silence ; truths that wake To perish never ; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavor, Nor man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with Joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy. 1T Happy will those be in the sterner or sedater portions of their life, who have looked on nature... | |
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