Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim... Tufts College Graduate - Page 971901Full view - About this book
| 1911 - 518 pages
...bright ; Who, with a natural instinct to discern What knowledge can perform, is diligent to learn. Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state. Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall,. Like showers of manna,... | |
| Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1845 - 602 pages
...demanded all the highest qualities of the soul, as well as the devotion of the time and heart of him, " Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful, with a singleness of aim." The friendship which about this time he formed with Jacobi, threw him again on the path of philosophy,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all : Whose... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honors, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna,... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself posses* his own desire ; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful...with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not sloop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose... | |
| Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 pages
...Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms, And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth or honours, or for worldly state ; — —A soul whose master- bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes. WORDSWORTH. LONDON... | |
| Harriet Elizabeth Mozley - Bashfulness - 1841 - 396 pages
...evening went off undisturbed, though with less to relate than the hours that preceded it. CHAPTER XI. Who comprehends his trust; and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim. Wordsworth. GRACE accompanied her mamma to her room that night, and as soon as they had reached it... | |
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