 Soul a heaven-ward course must hold ; Beyond the visible world She soars to seek, (For what delights the sense is false and weak) Ideal Form, the universal mould. The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2551826Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. 'Tis sense, unbridled will,...is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. 11. FROM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING. The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the spirit... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. 'Tis sense, unbridled will,...is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. XXII. 1'KOM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING. THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. 'Tis sense, unbridled will,...is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. N 2 179 XXII. FROM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING. THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. Tis sense, unbridled will,...best, Even here below, but more, in heaven above. VOL. III. K XXX. I HEARD (alas ! 'twas only in a dream) Strains — which, as sage Antiquity believed,... | |
 | Books - 1826 - 370 pages
...her destiny divine ; And hope of endless peace in me grew bold : Heaven-born the soul a heaven- ward course must hold ; Beyond the visible world she soars,...he so divinely exercised, equalling the ancients in ths one and surpassing them in the others, was excellent and even most rare in poetry and in the true... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. Tis sense, unbridled will, and not true love, That kills the soul : love betters what is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. XXVIII. FROM THE SAME. TO THE SUPREME BEING. THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed If Thou the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aughtj which doth on time depend. Tis sense, unbridled will, and not true love, That kills the soul : love betters what is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. XXVIIL... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes : nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. 'Tis sense, unbridled will, and not true love, That kills the soul : love betters what is best, Even here below, but more in heaven above. From the... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes ; nor will he lend His heart to aught which doth on time depend. 'Tis sense, unbridled will,...love. Which kills the soul : love betters what is best Kven here below, but more in heaven above. — Yes hope may with rny strong desire keep pace. And I... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...The wise man, I affirm, can find no rest In that which perishes; nor will be lend HU heart to aught which doth on time depend, 'Tis sense, unbridled will, and not true Jove, Which kills Ihe soul : love hellers what is be»t Even here below, but more in heaven above.... | |
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