 | William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 sider
...the aspects of misery Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man !"* Happy is He who lives to understand ! Not human Nature only, but explores All Natures, — to the... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 sider
...th' aspects of misery Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being pow'rless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! And how turmoil'd they are that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence ; That... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1820 - 790 sider
...and exclusive views of God, and of his children ; for, as observed by one of our old poets, " Unlcu above himself he can " Erect himself, how poor a thing is man* !" The British Critic is a highly respectable Work, which does not require our praise, or offer any... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1823 - 398 sider
...th' aspects of misery Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being pow'rless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! And how turmoil'd they are that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence ; That... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...th' aspects of misery Predominate : whose strong effects are such, As he must bear, being pow'rless to take your life ! P. ! And how turmoil'd they are that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence ; That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 sider
...the aspects of misery Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man !" * • Daniel. Happy is He who lives to understand — Not human Nature only, but explores All Natures,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 646 sider
...lines seem plainly to have this reference, in which he reminds her how well she understands, — ' that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! And how turmoiled they are that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence; That... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 sider
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that uyiless above himself he can '•/, Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man ! ' * 9 , ,< Happy is he who lives to understand, Not human nature only, but explores All natures,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 sider
...the aspects of misery Predominate : whose strong effects arc such As he must bear, being powerless ise Of merry tumult and of vulgar joyi : Seamen reluming to !' " Happy is he who lives to understand — Not human nature only, but explores All natures, — to... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 428 sider
...whip that on his shoulder rests, In air high-towering with a boorish pomp, The sceptre of his sway : his country's name, Her equal rights, her churches and her schools — What have they done for him? And, let me ask, For tens of thousands, uninformed as he?* * Who would believe it, that such is the... | |
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