 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1885 - 300 Seiten
...whatever the prejudiced and worldly-minded might then say of them, their future destiny would be, " To console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight,...and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and to feel, and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous; this is their office, which... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 428 Seiten
...Immortality, and several of his Sonnets. He says of his own poetry that his purpose in writing it was " to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous." His poetical work is the noble landmark of a great transition — both in thought... | |
 | William Franklin Dana - 1886 - 78 Seiten
...Arnold, quoting from a letter of Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, has said was Wordsworth's aim in poetry : " To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight...every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to beqome more actively and securely virtuous : " might, with slight additions, be described as the object... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1886 - 378 Seiten
...deliver us — one which can have little in common with a poet whose mission, as he conceived it, was to " console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight...young and the gracious of every age to see, to think, to feel, and therefore become more actively and securely virtuous." The beautiful lines on the " Feast... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1886 - 526 Seiten
...days the verdict of the Edinburgh was all but omnipotent—he replied : ' Trouble not yourself 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, by making the happy happier; to teach... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1887 - 248 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... | |
 | Sir George Howland Beaumont, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Robert Southey, Walter Scott - 1887 - 316 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... | |
 | 1887 - 520 Seiten
...Wordsworth wrote : " Troublei not yourself about their present reception. Of what moment is that compared to what, I trust, is their destiny ?—to console the...feel; and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which, I trust, they will faithfully perform long after we... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 494 Seiten
...Immortality, and several of his Sonnets. He says of his own poetry that his purpose in writing it was " to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous." His poetical work is the noble landmark of a great transition — both in thought... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1887 - 248 Seiten
...soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.' which he trusted was ' to console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight,...feel, and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous,1 are daily being fulfilled throughout the civilized world. It will readily be seen... | |
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I trust is their destiny, to console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier, to teach the young and the gracious of every age, to see, to think and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous... 
