The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Página 21de William Wordsworth - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henrietta Wilson - 1852 - 86 páginas
...gratitude felt for such, small services, and many a time do the words of the poet rise to mind : — "I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath offner left me mourning." There are many cases in which, in giving clothes to the poor, it is... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 páginas
...right gladly he Received my proffered aid. I struck, and with a single blow The tangled root I severed, At which the poor old Man so long And vainly had endeavoured....coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning. inscribed, in gilt letters, the names of the several persons who have... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 764 páginas
...Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader ! you would find A tale in every thing." " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning."* or in a still higher strain the six beautiful quatrains, page 134.... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1853 - 416 páginas
...benediction of one of the great masters of philanthropy. Do you look for reciprocal affection ? , " I 've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.'' The good Samaritan, leaving his " neighbor " who had fallen among... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 páginas
...aid. I struck, and with a single blow The tangled root I severed, At which the poor Old Man so Ion; And vainly had endeavoured. The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to ran So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I 've heard of hearts unkind,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 766 páginas
...Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Header ! you would tiud A tale in every thing." " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds "With coldness still returning ; Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning."* or in a still higher strain tho six beautiful quatrains, page 134.... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 758 páginas
...Such stores as silent thought can bring, 0 gentle Reader 1 you would find A tale in every thing." " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning ; Alas 1 the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning."* or in a still higher strain the six beautiful... | |
| 1856 - 252 páginas
...I ween — The violet was like herself, Not anxious to be seen. THE GOAT; OB, THE GBATEFUL AEAB. " The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and...of his heart I thought They never would have done." AMONG the Swiss Alps, where, besides the loftier mountain ranges, lies many a fissured rock and craggy... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 590 páginas
...Independence ; of Simon Lee, the weak handed Woodman ; grateful Simon Lee, on whom the bard soliloquises, " I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning : Alas ! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning." It is the life of the fainting sceptic quivering in the webs of his... | |
| 1857 - 336 páginas
...right gladly he Received my proffered aid. "I struck, and with a single blow The tangled root I severed At which the poor old man so long And vainly had endeavoured....coldness still returning : Alas ! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning." In Wordsworth's highly-cultivated affection for human nature, of course,... | |
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