 Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks Of childhood — but that there the Soul discerns The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that...  Poems: Now First Collected - Página 211por Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 284 páginas
...familiar, — this is the character and privilege of genius. " Compare also The Excursion, ix. 36-44 : " Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song Commingling with the incense that ascends, Undaunted,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 656 páginas
...the human affections are gradually formed and opened out." Compare also " The Excursion," Bk. ix : Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigours — thence can hear * Reverberations ; and a choral song Commingling with the incense that... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 648 páginas
...the human affections are gradually formed and opened out." Compare also " The Excursion," Bk. ix : Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigours — thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song Commingling with the incense that ascends... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1897 - 566 páginas
...interpretation is confirmed by other passages in the " Excursion " as well as in the " Prelude " : Ah, why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigor ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that ascends... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 676 páginas
...by the glad light And breathe the sweet air of futurity ; And so we live, or else we have no life. Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that ascends, Undaunted,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 382 páginas
...impulse ; and so moves the man 'Mid all his apprehensions, cares, and fears, — Or so he ought to move. Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear 40 Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that ascends,... | |
 | Edward Smith Parsons - 1904 - 754 páginas
...recol lections in old age, quoted above, with the following lines from the ninth book of the Excursion: "Ah! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations; and a choral song Commingling with the incense that ascends, Undaunted,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 994 páginas
...impulse; and so moves the man 'Mill all his apprehensions, cares, and fears, — Or so he ought to move. Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks Of childhood — but that there the Soul disThe dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour; thence can hear Reverberations;... | |
 | David Watson Rannie - 1907 - 422 páginas
...and flower of the Universe, as quick with divine movement which unites childhood with age — a u " Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...childhood — but that there the Soul discerns The near memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; . .... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1908 - 640 páginas
...impulse ; and so moves the man ' Mid all his apprehensions, cares, and fears, — Or so he ought to move. Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks...The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired / Of her own "jj,ivf* vigT"- ; thpn>.g can hear 40 Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense... | |
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