 The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2141841Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...I cannot measure, But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread' out their fan, To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there wa* pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent,. If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seem'da thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...trail'd its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. • 4 The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air,...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not .prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan. To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | England - 1841 - 928 pages
...quotation : these are the closing verses : — " The^budding twigs spread out their fan To catch tho breeiy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. " From Heaven if this brlief be sent, If this be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...periwinkle twined its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. The appearance of this enlarged edition of L)r Bigelow's Plants of Boston, will be hailed with much... | |
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