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" Rightly is it said That Man descends into the VALE of years ; Yet have I thought that we might also speak, And not presumptuously, I trust, of Age, As of a final EMINENCE ; though bare In aspect and forbidding, yet a point On which 'tis not impossible... "
The Monthly Review - Page 279
1842
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The Excursion, Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem

William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 pages
...strength decay, to breathe in such estate As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That Man descends into the VALE...sovereignty — a place of power — — A Throne, which may be likened unto his, Who, in some placid day of summer, looks Down from a mountain-top, — say one...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 5

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
...strength decay, to breathe in such estate As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That Man descends into the VALE...sovereignty — a place of power — — A Throne, that may be likened unto his, Who, in some placid day of summer, looks Down from a mountain-top, —...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...estate* As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That SI ui descends into the VALE of years; Yet have I thought...final EMINENCE, though bare In aspect and forbidding, yrt a Point On wl. ich 't is not impossible to sit In awful sovereignly — a place of power— —...
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The Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer, Volume 7

1836 - 532 pages
...meditated action ; robbed of this Her sole support, she languishes and dies. Rightly is it said That mun descends into the VALE of years ; Yet have I thought...EMINENCE, though bare In aspect and forbidding, yet a Imint On which 'tis not impossible to sit In awful sovereignty — a place of power — A throne, which...
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The Excursion; a Poem

William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 pages
...strength decay, to breathe in such estate As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That Man descends into the VALE...In awful sovereignty ; a place of power, A throne, that may be likened unto his, Who, in some placid day of summer, looks Down from a mountain-top, —...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...strength decay, to breathe in such estate As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. , from the left approaching, they descry A liquid column, towering, shoot on high : The hare In aspect and forhidding, yet a point On which 'tis not impossible to sit In awful sovereignty...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That man descends into the VAI.E of years; Yet have l thought that we might also speak. And not presumptuously, I trust, of age, As of a final EMINENCE, though hare In aspect and forhidding, yet a point On which 'tis not impossihle to sit In awful sovereignty...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...not presumptuously, I trust, of age, As of a final EMINENCE, though hare In aspect and forhidding, yet a point On which 'tis not impossible to sit In awful sovereignty—a place of power— A throne, that may be liken'd unto his, Who, in some placid day of...
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The Young Lady's Companion: In a Series of Letters

Margaret Coxe - 1839 - 364 pages
...radiant with hope, towards the promised land." Truly under such circumstances, we may with the poet speak, '-And not presumptuously, I trust, of Age, As of a final Eminence, though bate In aspect anil forbidding, yet a Point, On which 'tis not impossible to sit In awful sovereignly,...
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The Excursion: A Poem

William Wordsworth - 1841 - 400 pages
...strength decay, to breathe in such estate As shall divide them wholly from the stir Of hopeful nature. Rightly is it said That Man descends into the VALE...presumptuously, I trust, of Age, As of a final EMINENCE j though bare In aspect and forbidding, yet a point On which 'tis not impossible to sit In awful sovereignty...
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