 IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood." Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary...  Poems, in Two Volumes, - Página 138por William Wordsworth - 1807 - 170 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 páginas
...grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. WORDSWORTH. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 páginas
...1685, — we cannot doubt in which direction society is proceeding. — MACAULAY. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood," Housed though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bauds, That this most famous... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 páginas
...is a precious truth, that the war of our independence was a wave of what a great poet has called— "The flood Of British freedom which, to the open sea...world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed."* Niebuhr's words may be applied in justification of the legendary history I have been considering; for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 páginas
...volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British...Hath flowed, ' with pomp of waters, unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands,* That this most... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 páginas
...may have nearly the same enjoyments, as if he were the single lord of all. AKNOTT. BRITISH FREEDOM. It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...antiquity Hath flowed, "with pomp of waters, unwithstood." Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 384 páginas
...England's sublimer battle-cry of " Duty!" It was at this time that Words worth's sonnet appeared: — •" It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...from dark antiquity Hath flowed, with 'pomp of waters un withstood," Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 páginas
...volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IT is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flow'd, " with pomp of waters un withstood " — Road by which all might come and go that would, And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 páginas
...volume paramount, no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IT is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquityHath flow'd, "with pomp of waters un withstood "Road by which all might come and go that would,... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 372 páginas
...sublimer battle-cry of " Duty ! " It was at this time that Wordsworth's sonnet appeared : — 26* " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...antiquity Hath flowed, with ' pomp of waters unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 370 páginas
...England's sublimer battle-cry of " Duty! " It was at this time that Wordsworth's sonnet appeared:— 26* " It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British...which to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquityHath flowed, with ' pomp of waters unwithstood,' Roused though it be full often to a mood... | |
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