...Don't mind; only I am not so strong as I thought.' SCOTTISH AND ENGLISH SONGS.* BT GERALD MASSET. ' Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...nobler cares — The Poets, who on earth have made us heira Of truth and pure delight— by heavenly lays ! ' IT was a glorious rebellion, that reaction...

...joyous thought : And thus, from day to day, my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who...among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days." The love of nature in Wordsworth led of course to the abhorrence of all affectation, all sham. With...

...stalk. St. 3. The gentle Lady married to the Moor, And heavenly Una with her milk-white Lamb. St. 4. Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! The Small Celandine. [From Poems referring to the Period of Old Age.] To be a Prodigal's Favorite,...

...joyous thought : And thus, from day to day, my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who...nobler cares — The poets, who on earth have made us hcirs Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then...

...whom has been breathed the beautiful invocation : " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise — The Poets — who, on earth, have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays." It is no part of our present purpose to enter into any analysis of Wordsworth's theory. That we deem...

...England. As it is, it stands one more lonely and scathed testimony to the evil fortunes of poets : " The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays !" yet who, themselves, of all men, are still shown by a wise Providence to be " pilgrims and sojourners...

...VIII. " Blessings be with them and eternal praise. Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares ; Tim poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." — WORDSWORTR. EMILY'S time was now passing most pleasantly : she had been solitary enough during...

...and joyous thought : And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who...among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.* INCIDENT CHARACTERISTIC OF A FAVOURITE DOGI. ON his morning rounds the Master t Goes to learn how all...

...have caught some enthusiasm from their sound, centuries after those words were first uttered : — " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." This benediction is not due to all, however rightfully they may claim the title of poet. There is one...

...again household words, and their spirits household gods ! " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth...pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be number'd among theirs, Then gladly would I end niy mortal days." So prayed Wordsworth — not in vain....