 To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton ... - Page 8by John Milton - 1824 - 131 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...heaven: As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storra, iligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to...pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibiou skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view,... | |
 | 1824 - 398 pages
...bent to raise the wretched than to rise. To them his heart, his lovo, his griefs were given ; But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some...storm : Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." M. STERLING. HAPPINESS. How few the moments of this... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts bad rest in heav'n. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion) skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school : A man severe he was, and stern to view,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom' d furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master... | |
 | 1825 - 896 pages
...plcas'd him, and their cares distress'd ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on Ids head." — Deserted Pillage.— T. There is another defect... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells...furze, unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school : A man severe he was, and stern to view,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distressed: To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread^ Eternal sunshine settles on its head. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...pleas'd him, and their cares distrest ; To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. , THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE VILLAGE INN. BESIDE... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distressed : To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. « LESSON XLII. Parody* on the preceding. — BLACKWOOD'S... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 788 pages
...pleased him, and their cares distress'd : To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven ; As some...storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head !' " When Edmund had repeated this beautiful quotation... | |
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