 Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands,* That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 344edited by - 1916Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...But let us daff aside such unfilial fears. In the words of one of Wordsworth's noble sonnets — " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British freedom, which to the open aea Of the world's praise from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood ;' Road... | |
 | 1840 - 1078 pages
...keeps alive the noblest and most perfect style of human excellence which the world has yet beheld. " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British glory, — which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, ' with pomp... | |
 | 1840 - 530 pages
...keeps alive the noblest and most perfect style of human excellence which the world has yet beheld. " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British glory, — which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, ' with pomp... | |
 | 1842 - 546 pages
...heart, strong in the same hope and the same faith, expressed in language which we may share, that — " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands — That this most... | |
 | 1842 - 576 pages
...the same faith, expressed in language which we may share, that — " It is not to be thought ofthat the flood Of British freedom — which, to the open...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands — That this most... | |
 | 1843 - 548 pages
...within its range. What Englishman will not exclaim with our noblest and greatest modern poet — " It is not to be thought of, that the flood Of British...Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XVI. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithsUxxl,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...sea Of the world's praise from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! XIII. I WRITTEN IN LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1802. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of tlie world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though... | |
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