 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 sider
...of celestial light Shines through his soul — " that he may sec and WALTON 5 BOOE OТ LIvES. THERR are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these....faith and purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humhle Citizen: O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what hlessedness to die... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 836 sider
...anecdote." See, also, Blackw. Mag., xlv. 30», 312, xlviii. 201 ; Amer. Alón. Rev., in. 30. '' There are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these....from an angel's wing. With moistened eye We read of faitil »ml purest charity In statesman, priest, and humide citizen. O! conld we copy their mild virtues,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1871 - 832 sider
...** There are no colours in the fairest sky So fuir ял these. The feather whence the pen Was ahaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from...moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity In -i ' t '--man, ¡trie«!, and humble citizen. O! could we ropy their mild virtue«, then What joy to... | |
 | 1871 - 704 sider
...printed in italics, doubtless with a view of calling the reader's attention to their beauty : — " The feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropt from an angel's wing." The idea is certainly felicitous, but it did not originate with Wordsworth... | |
 | Thomas Sadler - 1872 - 198 sider
...Religio Medici," and George Herbert's Poems. He was especially fond, also, of Izaak Walton's " Lives." "The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing." On political subjects, Mr. Field showed his wonted mental grasp and moral earnestness ; but he was... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 sider
...thoughts, and mark at leisure Features that else had vanished like a dream. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather whence the pen [good men Was shaped that traced the lives of these Dropped from an angel's wing. With moistened eye... | |
 | Thomas Sadler - 1872 - 202 sider
...Medici," and George Herbert's Poems. He was especially fond, also, of Izaak Walton's " Lives." ' ' The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of thcse good men, Dropped from an angel's wing." On political subjects, Mr. Field showed his wonted mental... | |
 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 sider
...from every nook Of his full bosom, gladsome Piety ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these....Faith and purest Charity In statesman, priest, and humbla citizen. O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die!... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 836 sider
...312, xlviii. 201 ; Amer. Mon. Rev., iii. 30. ''There are no colours in the fairest sky 80 fair IU4 these. The feather whence the pen Was shaped that...charity In statesman, priest, and humble citizen. 0! could we copy their mild virtues, then Wlmt joy to live, what blessedness to die ! M'-thinks their... | |
 | Powys-land Club - 1874 - 542 sider
...in an ecclesiastical sonnet the instructive Book of Lives by his biographer, Isaac Walton. " There are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these....Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropt from an angel's wing .... O, could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness... | |
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THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. 
