...Uphold us, cherish us, and make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness,...travel thither. And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolHng evermore.. Then, sing ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song !...

...allusion to these romantic and unwarranted speculation.--, he says, in the same Ode, that there are ' Truths that wake To perish never; Which neither listlessness,...travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.' Vol. II. p. 156. After our preliminary remarks...

...sources of interest which underlie and outlast all the flitting specialties of mode and custom, — " Truths that wake, to perish never ; Which neither...enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy." As You Like It is exceedingly rich and varied in character. The several persons stand out round and...

...cherish — and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal silence ; truths that wake To perish never : Which neither listlessness,...travel thither — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear thA mighty waters rolling evermore." And since it would be unfair to conclude with...

...cherish — and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never ; Which neither...utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of ealm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither...

...Silence." And then for the retrospect which a meditative and imaginative mind can exercise : — " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more...

...wander, when we enter the vague and uncertain path of scepticism and metaphysical discussion, leaving " Truths that wake " To perish never : " Which neither...enmity with joy, " Can utterly abolish or destroy." . WORDSWORTH. Truths which find a hallowed connection with all noble minds ; that shed their vivifying...

...Silence." And then for the retrospect which a meditative and imaginative mind can exercise : — " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more...

...Silence." . . And then for the retrospect which a meditative and imaginative mind can exercise : — " Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far...travel thither, — And see the children sport upon the shore, \ And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore." I am conscious that I have already quoted more...

...subject to the tenderest awakenings, that these affections, as generally reared, are Thoughts that rise To perish never, Which neither listlessness, nor mad...man, nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can e'er root out, abolish, or destroy*. The poet, then, has here something in the human mind by which...