 | 1911 - 518 Seiten
...bright ; Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn. Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state. Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 Seiten
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like thowers of manna,... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 602 Seiten
...demanded all the highest qualities of the soul, as well as the devotion of the time and heart of him, " Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful, with a singleness of aim." The friendship which about this time he formed with Jacobi, threw him again on the path of philosophy,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 Seiten
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 Seiten
...foundation rest, He fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 Seiten
...and owes ' To virtue every triumph that he knows; — —Who, if he rise to station of command, Hises re ! " Then home he went, and left the honors, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 Seiten
...foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, and owe* To virtue every triumph that he knows: —Who, if he rise to station of command. Rises by open means;...On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself posses* his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1832 - 360 Seiten
...to be ? — 'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, And therefore does not stoop, nor lip in wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly state ; — —... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 Seiten
...Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly state ; — —A soul whose master- bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes. WORDSWORTH. LONDON... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...evening went off undisturbed, though with less to relate than the hours that preceded it. CHAPTER XI. Who comprehends his trust; and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim. Wordsworth. GRACE accompanied her mamma to her room that night, and as soon as they had reached it... | |
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Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim... 
