 is life; we have seen and see, And with a living pleasure we describe ; And fits of sprightly malice do but bribe The languid mind into activity. Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee Are, fostered by the comment and the gibe.  The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth - Side 150av William Wordsworth - 1820Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 sider
...half-parlour fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering it's faint undersong. " Yet life," you say, " is life ; we have seen and see,...Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee, Are foster'd by the comment and the gibe." Even be it so : yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 sider
...half-parlour fire. And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering it's faint undersong. 119 " Yet life," you say, " is life ; we have seen and see....Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee. Are foster*d by the comment and the gibe." Even be it so : yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 sider
...cottage-fire, And I], i, -ii to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle, whispering its faint undersong. "Vet s * X * Kirn be it so: yet still among your trihc, Our daily world's true Worldlings, rank not me ! Children... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sider
...whispering its faint undersong. CONTINUED. « Yet )ife,»you&ay, « is life; we have seen and nee, And with a living pleasure we describe; And fits of...Sound sense, and love, itself, and mirth and glee Arc fostered by the comment and the gibe." Even he it so : yet still among your tribe, Our daily world's... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 264 sider
...there is no solid wisdom but in real piety.' " CHAPTER XI. " Fits of sprightly malice do but bribe . -t The languid mind into activity, Sound sense, and love,...and glee, Are fostered by the comment and the gibe." WORDSWORTH. I HAD accepted an invitation to a dance at Mrs. . It was Jate when I entered the rooms,... | |
 | 1839 - 446 sider
...People had freed their right hand, and torn the bandage from their eyes. »**»*»*» PERSONAL TALK. " Yet life," you say, " is life ; we have seen and see,...of sprightly malice do but bribe The languid mind mto activity. Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee Are fostered by the comment and the... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 sider
...and their neighbours' affairs. But Wordsworth admits a little expostulation on this subject : — " Yet life you say, ' is life ; we have seen and see, And with a lively pleasure we describe ; And fits of sprightly malice do but bribe The languid mind into activity.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 sider
...cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. " Yet life," you say, "is life ; we have seen and see,...sprightly malice do but bribe The languid mind into aetivity. Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee Are fostered by the comment and the gibe."... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 sider
...cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. " Yet life," you say, "is life ; we have seen and see, And with a living pleasure we describe ; And fita of sprightly malice do but bribe The languid mind into activity. Sound sense, and love itself,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 378 sider
...cottage-fire, And listen to the flapping of the flame, Or kettle whispering its faint undersong. XXXVIII. CONTINUED. " YET life," you say, " is life : we have...tribe. Our daily world's true Worldlings, rank not me 1 Children are blest, and powerful ; their world lies More justly balanced ; partly at their feet,... | |
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