 Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room, And hermits are contented with their cells, And students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of...  Poems,: In Two Volumes, - Page 103by William Wordsworth - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lloyd - 1821 - 316 pages
...Gisippus, she ; and him, Sophronia bless'd ! STANZAS, Written 10th, llth, and 12th November, 1819. "In truth, the prison, unto which we doom Ourselves, no prison is — Wordsworth, duodecimo edit. voL 3, p. 129. 1. MY God ! I once was young, and once was blest With... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - Floriculture - 1825 - 516 pages
...she gathers flowers she meet a thorn." The bee appears regardless of its poisonous qualities : — -" Bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak...Fells, Will murmur by the hour in fox-glove bells." WORDSWORTH'S SONNET. " The fox-glove, in whose drooping bells the bee Makes her sweet music." B. CORNWALL.... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...; And Hermits are contented with their CVIU; And Students with their pensive CitadeU : Maids at the Wheel, the Weaver at his Loom. Sit blithe and happy;...soar for bloom. High as the highest Peak of Furness Fell*. Will murmur by the hour in Foxglove-bell*: In truth, the prison, unto which we doom Ourselves,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 pages
...And hermits are contented with their cells ; And students with their pensive citadels ; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy...bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells : In truth the prison, unto which we doom... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...And Hermits are contented with their cells ; And Students with their pensive citadels ; Maids at the wheel, the Weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy...Ourselves, no prison is ; and hence to me, In sundry moods, 't was pastime to be bound Within the sonnet's scanty plot of ground ; Pleased if some souls (for such... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...And Hermits are contented with their cells ; And Students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the Weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy ; Bees that soar for bloom, Will murmur by the hour in fox-glove bells. In truth the prison unto which we doom High as the highest... | |
 | Botany - 1830 - 612 pages
...to insect tribes Afford a canopy of velvet bliss." And, especially, at in a favourite haunt : — " Bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest peak...Fells, Will murmur by the hour in Foxglove bells." Wordsworth. E.) *(Thii hnmble Lapland plant was named by Oronovius, with the concurrence of !,r. •... | |
 | John Martin - Private presses - 1834 - 596 pages
...the publication itself more generally known. SONNETS. By Edward Moxon. " In truth, the prison, into which we doom Ourselves, no prison is; and hence to me, In sundry moods, 't was pastime to be bound Within the Sonnet's scanty plot of ground."—Wordsworth. London. M.DCCC.XXXUI.... | |
 | Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1836 - 522 pages
...And hermits are contented with their cells; And students with their pensive citadels: Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar foi bloom, High as the highest peak of Furness Fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells: In... | |
 | Thomas Pringle, Leitch Ritchie - Africa, Southern - 1837 - 386 pages
...and change, and trouble, Weaker ties unbind, But the bands redouble True affection twined. SONNETS. In truth, the prison, unto which we doom Ourselves,...to me, In sundry moods, 'twas pastime to be bound Withiu the Sonnet's scanty plot of ground : Pleased if some Souls (for such there needs must be) Who... | |
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