| Frederic William Henry Myers - 1881 - 204 Seiten
...upon their present reception. Of what moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny?—to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight,...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous; this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform long after we (that... | |
| Frederic William Henry Myers - 1881 - 204 Seiten
...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself upon their present reception. Of what moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny 1 — to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier ; to teach... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 Seiten
...and he holds himself as responsible for obedience to his call and for its fulfilment, as a prophet. ' To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier; to tet.cn the young and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become... | |
| George Brimley - 1882 - 354 Seiten
...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself upon their present reception; of what moment is that compared...feel, and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after we... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1889 - 460 Seiten
...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself about their present reception ; of what moment is that compared...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous — this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - 1882 - 720 Seiten
...his friend as easy-hearted as himself on the subject, he continues thus: "Trouble not yourself upon their present reception; of what moment is that compared...the young and the gracious of every age to see, to thmk, to feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous ; — this is their office,... | |
| George Brimley - 1882 - 356 Seiten
...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself upon their present reception ; of what moment is that compared...their destiny ? — to console the afflicted ; to add sunihine to daylight, by making the happy happier; to teach the young and the gracious of every age... | |
| Frederic William Henry Myers - 1882 - 200 Seiten
...their present reception. Of what moment is that compared with what I trust \ is their destiny 1— to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier ; to teach tho young and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and, therefore, to become more... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 Seiten
...and he holds himself as responsible for obedience to his call and for its fulfilment, as a prophet. ' To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous,' — this is his own account of the purpose of his poetry. (Letter to Lady Beaumont,... | |
| John Dennis - 1883 - 426 Seiten
...reverence for God." And then, alluding to the indifference with which his poems were received, he adds, " Of what moment is that compared with what I trust...by making the happy happier, to teach the young and gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become more actively and sincerely... | |
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