 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
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1904 - 600 էջ
...another sense that a natural selection explains they have attuned their note to their sensation of good. And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. Wordsworth so wrote of " the budding twigs," but he also said : The birds around me hopped and played... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 էջ
...I cannot measure— But the least motion which they made It seem'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. CCLXXIII RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE When Ruth was left half desolate Her father took another... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 էջ
...least motion which they made, It seem'da 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... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 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." But this ineffable condition cannot subsist long. All things in the world change, and, by a gracious... | |
 | John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 էջ
...hopp'd and play*d ; Their thoughts I cannot measure—- But the least motion that they made, 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 is sent, If such be nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 348 էջ
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seem'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. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | 1865 - 392 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... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 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 I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 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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