 How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal, man To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps ; regions consecrate To oldest time ! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest,...  Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 3181851Full view - About this book
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...nobody. Ibid. SOLITUDE-Sadness of. The thought, The deadly feel of solitude. Jftatt. SOLITUDE -Scenes of. How divine The liberty, for frail, for mortal man....reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in his nest, Be as a presence or a motion — one Among the many there. Wordsworth. SOLITUDE— the Best... | |
 | George Bott Churchill WATSON - 1862 - 178 pages
...for its screen, And moss, that glows as fresh and green As though beneath an April cloud." KEBLE. " How divine The liberty, for frail, for mortal man,...mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps 1— Regions consecrate To oldest time ! — And reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - History - 1864 - 422 pages
...the nice regards of flesh and blood,) And to the elements surrender it As if it were a spirit!—How divine, The liberty for frail, for mortal man To roam...the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion,—one Among the many there; and while the mists Flying, and rainy vapors, call out shapes And... | |
 | James MacDevitt (bp. of Raphoe.) - 1866 - 276 pages
... n/ THE DONEGAL HIGHLANDS. THE DONEGAL HIGHLANDS. " How divine, The liberty for frail, for mortal, man...devious footsteps ; regions consecrate To oldest time I " WOBDSWOKTD'S Excursion. DUBLIN: A. MUKRAY & CO., 40 FLEET STREET, WESTMORELAND STREET. LONDON,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1866 - 330 pages
...felt a sort of all-overishness." 110. From the wall-like rocks, out of the damp underwood."] — " How divine The liberty for frail, for mortal man,...By devious footsteps ; regions consecrate To oldest lime ! and, reckless of the storm That keeps the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - Scotland - 1867 - 538 pages
...on his right. 3. The Northern Highlands, the object of annual pilgrimage to so many thousands, — " To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps," — comprise at least two-thirds of Scotland and its islands, and embrace the whole country between... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - Scotland - 1867 - 546 pages
...on his right. 3. The Northern Highlands, the object of annual pilgrimage to so many thousands, — " To roam at large among unpeopled glens And mountainous retirements, only trod By devious footsteps," — enormous district is roughly divided into two tolerably equal portions by the great gap of the... | |
 | Edinburgh univ - 1868 - 336 pages
...passage from a blank- verse poem, printed as prose. Throw it into its proper verse form : — vious footsteps ; regions consecrate to oldest time ! and,...presence or a motion — one among the many there !" Thursday, 16th April 1 868. 1. What was meant by "Invention" in the ancient rhetoric, and what is... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1868 - 394 pages
...Shall then be blest, for that high nature's sake. TO THE MOUNTAIN WINDS. " H(no divine The liberty,for frail, for mortal man, To roam at large among unpeopled glens, And mountainous retirements, only trod By de^nous footsteps I — Regions consecrate To oldest time I And rechless ofthe storm That heeps the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...the nice regards of flesh and blood) And to the elements surrender it As if it were a spirit!—How divine, The liberty, for frail, for mortal, man To...the raven quiet in her nest, Be as a presence or a motion—one Among the many there; and while the mists Flying, and rainy vapours, call out shapes And... | |
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