 Tis by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise; but, to converse with heaven— This is not easy:— to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from...  Blackwood's Magazine - Էջ 381827Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 686 էջ
...me that fla^. Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 էջ
...me that flags, Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1846 - 638 էջ
...that this redeeming majesty is not to our eyes apparent in these same drawings and fresco. ' 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with Heaven — This is not easy.' It is easy to depict virgins, saints, and martyrs with folded palms and downcast... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1846 - 636 էջ
...that this redeeming majesty is not to our eyes apparent in these same drawings and fresco. ' 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with Heaven — This is not easy.' It is easy to depict virgins, saints, and martyrs with folded palms and and... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 690 էջ
...which mind, soul, and heart, Do, with united urgency, require, What more, that may not perish?" " 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with heav'n, This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, — , And... | |
 | 1852 - 792 էջ
...of me that flap Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity, On human nature from above imposed. Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with Heaven, This is not easy ; to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosen'd... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 774 էջ
...not to be, 'tis comfort yet to seem. Marxian. 196 CONCEPTION. CONCORD. CONFESSION. CONCEPTION. 'Tis by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise; but to converse with Heaven, This is not easy: — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom... | |
 | Martha N. WILLIAMS - 1853 - 292 էջ
...heart ; Restore their languid spirits, and recall Their lost affections unto thee and thine ! 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with Heaven — This is not easy : to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom... | |
 | Louisa Payson Hopkins - 1854 - 236 էջ
...answer you in the words of a great poet," said her mother. " Wordsworth says : ' Tis an easy thing Earth to despise ; but to converse with heaven — That Is not easy.' It is one thing to be sick of the world, and another thing to have a heart fitted for the high and... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - 1856 - 190 էջ
...in your company, You know the way to heaven's door. Herbert. A5 EASY TASK AND A DIFFICULT ONE. 'Tis by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise; but to converse with Heaven, This is not easy. To relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosen'd... | |
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