 Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts of heaven will aid their flight ; They mount — how short a voyage brings The wanderers back to their delight ! Chains tie us down by land and sea ; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 198by William Wordsworth - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 pages
...now can see with better eyes ; And worldly grandeur I despise, And fortune with her gifts and lies. ike forests, every blade and blossom Which finds a...or cradle in my bosom, Were stamped by thy strong u voyage brings The wanderers back to their delight t Chains tie us down by land and sea ; And wishes,... | |
 | William Grant, Elizabeth H. A. Robson - 1925 - 152 pages
...as m often does not count as a separate syllable and must then be very lightly pronounced. Example: Alas! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts of heaven will aid their flight. WORDSWORTH, Affliction of Margaret. 92. The corresponding breathed sound 51 does not occur in Standard... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1927 - 734 pages
...can see with better eyes ; And worldly grandeur I despise, And fortune with her gifts and lies. VII Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts...voyage brings The wanderers back to their delight I Chains tie us down by land and sea ; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort... | |
 | Arthur Beatty - 1928 - 582 pages
...I now can see with better eyes; And worldly grandeur I despise And fortune with her gifts and lies. Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts...comfort thee. Perhaps some dungeon hears thee groan Maim'd, mangled by inhuman men; Or thou upon a desert thrown Inheritest the lion's den; Or hast been... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1958 - 196 pages
...can see with better eyes; 40 And worldly grandeur I despise, And fortune with her gifts and lies. vn Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts...their flight; They mount — how short a voyage brings 45 The wanderers back to their delight! Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine,... | |
 | P. Thomas, I. Pilgrim - 2004 - 148 pages
...despise, And fortune with her gifts and lies. Why does she say she sees with better eyes 'now'? 102 Alas! the fowls of Heaven have wings, And blasts of Heaven will aid their flight; 45 They mount - how short a voyage brings The Wanderers back to their delight! Chains tie us down by... | |
 | Jagadisan - 2001 - 68 pages
...now can see with better eyes; 40 And worldly grandeur I despise, And fortune with her gifts and lies. Alas! the fowls of heaven have wings,. And blasts...their flight; They mount — how short a voyage brings 45 The wanderers back to their delight! Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine,... | |
 | William Grant, Elizabeth H. A. Robson - 1925 - 160 pages
...as m often does not count as a separate syllable and must then be very lightly pronounced. Example: Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts of heaven will aid their flight. WORDSWORTH, Affliction of Margaret. 92. The corresponding breathed sound p does not occur in Standard... | |
 | 232 pages
...m often does not count as a separate syllable and must then be very lightly pronounced. Example : " Alas ! the fowls of heaven have wings, And blasts of heaven will aid their flight." WORDSWORTH, Affliction of Margaret. 69. The corresponding breathed sound 5 does not occur in Standard... | |
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