The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Էջ 2141841Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836 - 740 էջ
...periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air;...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." It is the spirit which whispered these simple, and, to many it may be unmeaning lines, that we bow... | |
| 1836 - 708 էջ
...periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there waa pleasure there." It is the spirit which whispered these simple, and, to many it may be unmeaning... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1838 - 448 էջ
...cannot measure ; But, the least motion which they made, It seein'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. , 4 From heaven, if this belief be sent, If such be nature's holy plan ; Have I not reason to lament... | |
| Seba Smith - 1841 - 214 էջ
...drug," or "too high-flown" to be enjoyed and understood by the mass of the reading public. " The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air;...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." Poetry like that, will always find readers and admirers among all classes, whether high or low, rich... | |
| 1841 - 586 էջ
...'tis my faith that every flow«r Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fin To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there is pleasure there." Looking out upon all this loveliness, as it lies before us, when we stand upon... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 էջ
...least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fen, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from Heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1844 - 452 էջ
...cannpt measure ; But, the least motion which they made, It seem'da tbrill of pleasure. The budding iwips spread out their fan To catch the breezy air : And...was pleasure there. ' From heaven, If this belief be aent, If such be nature's holy plan ; Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man 1" Ibid.... | |
| 1875 - 860 էջ
...periwinkle trail'd its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If anything of this kind exists, how great and grave must be the sentient feeling of the mighty pines... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1883 - 376 էջ
...periwinkle trailed its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. Experiments have been made on the action of various chemical substances on plants for some time back,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 էջ
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
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