Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks Of childhood — but that there the Soul discerns The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that... Poems: Now First Collected - Page 211by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1839 - 546 pages
...impulse ; and so moves the man, 'Mid all his apprehensions, cares, and fears, — Or so he ought to move. Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks Of Childhood — but that there the Soul discernt The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigor ; thence can hear Reverberations... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1883 - 1134 pages
...troubled the heart of man — reverts fondly to it, as age reverts to the walks of childhood, where ' the soul discerns The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that ascends, Undaunted,... | |
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