 Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And...  Poems of Wordsworth - Pagina 194di William Wordsworth - 1880 - 325 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 pagine
...humble servant, "W. WORDSWORTH." Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant...grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in" his ' footing... | |
 | 1852 - 516 pagine
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair . , , As is the smile upon her face — ,,i.. •'• .;] qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power... | |
 | 1852 - 536 pagine
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon her face — qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power of attraction,... | |
 | William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 pagine
...Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear Tlje godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in ' his ' footing... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 pagine
...desires ; My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pagine
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I cull thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh ! let my weakness have an end !... | |
 | James Spencer CANNON - 1853 - 678 pagine
...said : "Stern lawgiver ! yet them dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face. Flowers laugh...preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavons through thee are freah and strong." LECTURE IX. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PASTORAL OFFICE, CONTINUED.... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagine
...desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 pagine
...desires ; My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pagine
...chance-desires : My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant...I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; 0, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
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