...the works of men, the appearance of Art is only prevented by the presence of Power. " Nature never did betray The heart that loved her : 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our We to lead From joy to joy." no such easy matter to be versatile in painting. SLallowness of thought...

...thy wild eyes." ~6h! yet a little while MAT I behold in thee what I was once, Mj dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never...privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead Fran joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty,...

...My dear, dear Sisterl There is an urgency in the tone of this which deepens almost to a desperation: and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her. The prayer thus heralded is never quite expressed in the remainder of the poem. Its burden...

...portion of the poem its particular significance. Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 't is her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ; far she can so inform The mind that it within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed...

...forever; they too may never succeed. Bui the modern Sisvphuses will persist. XV The Authority of Nature And this prayer I make. Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her . . . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Mathematicians can pursue many conflicting directions to derive...

...been a tentatively dramatized chain of associations becomes, on the surface at least, more assertive: Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that...the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy . . . (1I. 123-6) But the sense of Nature's possible 'betrayal' is there even as it is denied and it...

...thy wild eyes. Oh, yet a little while 120 May I behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear sister. And this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never...privilege Through all the years of this our life to lead 125 From joy to joy, for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and...

...for certain forms of romantic consciousness. Specifically, Sue's charge rescinds Wordsworth's claim that "Nature never did betray/ The heart that loved...years of this our life, to lead/ From joy to joy" ("Tintern Abbey," 122-24). This is the "plan" or promise that Sue claims "fate" has stabbed them in...

...with his sister: Oh! yet a little while May I behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister! and this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never...the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy ... (119-25) A childhood favourite of Montgomery, Wordsworth is shown here to be woven into Emily's...

...Nature never did betrty The heart that loved her ; 'tia her privilege, Through all the years of this oar life, to lead From joy to joy ; for she can so inform...mind that is within us. so impress With quietness aud beauty, and ao feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongne*, Ranh judgments, flor the sneers...