...thought, Spite of care, and spite of grief, To gambol with life's falling leaf. 1804. THERE WAS A BOY HERE was a boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander I — many a time, At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills,...

...be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man 1 THERE WAS A BOY. THERE was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Wiuander ! — many a time, At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the...

...bliss on earth are vain, ' Best friend .' farewell / till we do meet again ! ' THERE WAS A BOY. THERE was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander ! Many a time, At evening, when the stars had just begun To move along the edges of the hills, Rising or setting, would he stand alone,...

...bliss on earth are vain, ' Best friend ! farewell! till we do meet again!' 164 THERE WAS A BOY. THERE was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander! Many a time, At evening, when the stars had just begun To move along the edges of the hills, Rising or setting, would he stand alone,...

...roiichsafed Shine Poet! in thy plave and be content. SV Von dem Stern über dem Hügel spricht er nochmals: the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills. 183,I,3 fu 671, 366 f. Das Licht eines Sternes hängt von dem eines andern ab: star that shines dependent...

...were both possible and natural. The boy of Wordsworth's imagination would stand beneath the trees " when the earliest stars began to move along the edges of the hills," and, with fingers interwoven, blow mimic hootings to the owls : And they would shout Across the watery...

...crazy old church-clock, And the bewildered chimes. '\ • THERE WAS A BOY. (•799-) II ' • There was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander!—many a time, At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills,...

...tendency, or habit (completed by the infinitive). 1. " Many will swoon when they do look on blood." 2. "... Many a time At evening, when the earliest stars began...alone Beneath the trees, or by the glimmering lake." WORDSWORTH, There was a Boy. 3. " Once a year also the neighbors would gather together, and go on a...

...pronounced Wordsworthian type can have. One has no fault to find when the lines begin : — " There was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of \Vinander! " — The Prelude, Book First. But we know how few of our child acquaintances are qualified...

...prodigal Of blessings, and most studious of our good, Even in what seem our most unfruitful hours ? There was a Boy : ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands...lake, And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands 370 Pressed closely palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic...