See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1891822Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| American education society - 1837 - 450 pages
...created that feeling of pleasure respecting which the poet has so beautifully sung: " See the wretch who long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigor lost And live and broathe again. The meanest flowret of the vale, The simplest notes that swell... | |
| John Jebb (bp. of Limerick.) - 1838 - 432 pages
...precious years, is thus introduced at last, to a new heaven, and a new earth : — ' The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him, are opening paradise.' This captivating passage, is, at least, equally descriptive of... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...their legs failing t See the wretch that long has tost Ou the thorny bed of pain, At length regain his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again. The meanest...that swells the gale. The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. GRAY. Enfiu, il ya des Plaisirs fondes sur des Peines. Lorst1u'on... | |
| 1839 - 556 pages
...possessor a new charm in every thing around him, and imparts a solace under all the petty ills of life. " The meanest flowret of the vale, The simplest note...that swells the gale ; The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are op'ning paradise." It is true, indeed, that so prolific is the press, the healthful... | |
| 1838 - 274 pages
...the loving-kindness of the Lord." But to those who do observe these things, ' The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are op'ning Paradise.' If there is one natural object above all others, which for its... | |
| Cecil Victor Deane - 1967 - 166 pages
...the utmost simplicity and truth than in the unfinished Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude: The meanest flowret of the vale The simplest note that swells the gale The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening Paradise. Here the touch is almost Wordsworthian, though there is also, in... | |
| 1847 - 606 pages
...sense becomes an inlet to pure enjoyment; and we shall see that ' The meanest floweret of the dale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To her are opening Paradise.' Ever on the look-out for the excellent, her eye is blind only... | |
| Benjamin Rush - 1981 - 770 pages
...lines: "See the wretch, that long has tost, "On the thorny bed of pain "At length repair his vigor lost, "And breathe, and walk again. "The meanest flowret...that swells the gale, "The common sun, the air, the skies, "To him, are opening paradise. "3 Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley to the Year 1795, Written... | |
| Benjamin Rush - 1981 - 770 pages
...how much the pleasure of this sense is heightened by relative circumstances, in the following lines: "See the wretch, that long has tost, "On the thorny bed of pain "At length repair his vigor lost, "And breathe, and walk again. "The meanest flowret of the vale, "The simplest note that... | |
| W. K. Thomas, Warren U. Ober - 1989 - 348 pages
...offer them as at least a possible source and influence for the lines on Science: The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies To him are opening Paradise. For Wordsworth, great height and great depth were often interchangeable;... | |
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