 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...of happiness and joy, — And stand in freedom loosened from this world ; I deem not arduous : — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible...which the Soul is competent to gain. —Man is of dust : etherial Hopes are his, Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fore-edge painting - 1828 - 372 pages
...stand in freedom looseu'd from thU world, I deem not arduous: — but must needs confess That 't is a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the...competent to gain. — Man is of dust - ethereal hopes are bis. Which, when they should sustain themselves aloft, Want due consistence; like a pillar of smoke.... | |
 | Mary Richardson (ady.) - 1837 - 986 pages
...Delmer. CHAPTER III. " To relinquish all We have^ or hope, of happiness and joy I deem not arduous : but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible,...keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain." WORDSWORTH. DAY after day now passed heavily and sadly away. The only event of any interest, being... | |
 | Theology - 1838 - 428 pages
...whom God alone, by imparting that power which Christianity calls the spirit, can elevate to himself! " 'Tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal...soul's desires, And the most difficult of tasks to keep Height which the soul is competent to gain." The Divine Being, according to Saturninus, having compassion... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this worl.l, I deem not arduous ; but must needs couft.'ss That 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desirve ; And the most difficult of tasks to krep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. —... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...happiness and joy, — , And stand in freedom loosen 'd from this world ; I deem not arduous ! — but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible...to frame Conceptions equal to the Soul's desires." — p. 144, 147. This is a fair sample of that rapturous mysticism which eludes all comprehension,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 pages
...or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That 'tis a thing impossible...soul's desires ; \ And the most difficult of tasks to keen Heights which the'soul is comgetentto gain. * ' -— STan is of dust : ethereal hopes are his7... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1847 - 374 pages
...Tempest, ii. I. The rest was craggy cliff, that overhung Still as it rose, impossible to climb PL iv. 548. 'tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the soul's desires. ' The Excursion,' IT.] Exercise. It is to comprehend the nature of God. We were obliged to abandon... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous: — but must needs confess That 't is a living thing, Strode after me. With trembling oa.rs I turned, And through the silent water st tusks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — Man is of dust: ethereal hopes are his,... | |
 | James McCosh - Providence and government of God - 1851 - 526 pages
...seek, Icarus-like, to rise by earthly means, his flight may only make his fall the more lamentable. " The most difficult of tasks to keep, Heights which the soul is competent to gain." — WORDSWORTH. Nor is our argument exhausted. The difficulties are seen to be immeasurably increased,... | |
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tis a thing impossible to frame Conceptions equal to the Soul's desires ; And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the Soul is competent to gain. 
