 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 - 1897 - 648 էջ
...bosom of a placid lake. 1811. SOURCES OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH. (FROM "THE EXCURSION," BOOK 1v.) 'T 1s, 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 - 1897 - 648 էջ
...bosom of a placid lake. 1811. SOURCES OF SPIRITUAL STRENGTH. (FROM "THE EXCURSION," BOOK 1v.) 'T1s, 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... | |
 | John Wordsworth - 1899 - 448 էջ
...reader of ' Baxter'; and you will remember a remarkable parallel in the ' Excursion ' (Book iv.): ' 'Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with Heaven This is not easy &c.' With kind regards to Mrs. Boyle, I am Ever yours sincerely, CW, Bp. (Clarendon... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1900 - 364 էջ
...Tln'sc words must have been in Wordsworth's mind when he wrote in "The Excursion," Book IV. : " Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but to converse with heaven — This is not easy." and angels and spirits arc but a thought or an idea. What is Heaven to us if... | |
 | Francis Heveningham Pughe - 1902 - 192 էջ
...bereit ist. Die von der seele einmal erreichten höhen 2) lassen sich J) Donner, aao, p. 96. 2) Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise, but to converse with heaven This is not easy: to relinquish all aber nur mit mühe behaupten, und der gemilderte Optimismus von... | |
 | Laurie Magnus, Cecil Headlam - 1903 - 390 էջ
...only Giver of blessings. HW LONGFELLOW. (From the Swedish of Bishop Tegner.) SEPTEMBER 9. , " 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise, but to converse with heaven — This is not easy." ' O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 676 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 loosened... | |
 | Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander - 1910 - 406 էջ
...higher attainment of manhood, to make the love of God at once the motive and end of our life. "'Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise : but to converse with heaven That is not easy."1 In proportion as we rise to this ideal, every virtue, every duty, every action becomes an expression... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - 1922 - 302 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 worsworth - 1923 - 498 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... | |
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