 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Conduct of life - 1870 - 248 pages
...Privileges. Bay, shall my little bark attendant sail. Pursue the triumph and partake the gale ? POPB. The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scatter'd at the feet of man like flowers. WoauswOBTH. IPEOPOSE in this letter to talk to you concerning... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1870 - 544 pages
...the most imitable ; that which it concerns us most to know is ever the most conspicuous and plain. The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Lie scattered at the feet of man like flowers. The most awful goodness is not: the farthest removed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1870 - 388 pages
...qualities From common understanding ; leaving truth And virtue, difficult, abstruse, and dark; Hard to be won, and only by a few ; Strange, should He deal herein with nice respectBj And frustrate all the rest ! Believe it not : The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ;... | |
 | Hugh Black - Bookbinding - 1903 - 252 pages
...without our chance, if we are ready to keep the miracle of love green in our hearts by humble service. The primal duties shine aloft like stars. The charities...Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. The Fruits of Friendship /TWO are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1909 - 250 pages
...important only by their multitude, but great things overlooked because of their omnipresence : — The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The...Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. He meditated on these gifts with a fixed gaze which produced in him transports of worship and love... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 994 pages
...qualities From common understanding; leaving truth And virtue, difficult, abstruse, and dark; Hard to be won, and only by a few ; Strange, should He deal herein...Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. 140 The generous inclination, the just rnle, Kind wishes, and good actions, and pure thoughts — No... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 1002 pages
...and only by a few ; Strange, should He deal herein with nice respects, And frustrate all the rest 1 Believe it not: The primal duties shine aloft —...Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. 240 The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind wishes, and good actions, and pare thoughts — No... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 896 pages
...sensible change: no single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man's character. Jeremy Taylor. The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities...that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the Teet of man like flowers. Wordsworth. Some men make you feel as though tho warm sun had just broken... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1904 - 890 pages
...sensible change: no single action creates, however it may exhibit, a man's character. Jeremy Taylor. The primal duties shine aloft like stars; The charities...that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the »"eet of man like flowers. Wordsworth. Some men make yon feel as though the warm sun had just broken... | |
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The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. 
