 | John Burroughs - 1877 - 276 pages
..." The birds around me hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure ; — SPRING POEMS. 129 : But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure." Or these, from another poem written in his usual study, Out-of- Doors, and addressed to his sister:... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1878 - 262 pages
...faith that every flower , Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there, i ' If this belief from heaven be sent, If" such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...birds around me hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure :— But the least motion that they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. From Heaven if this belief be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...birds around me hopped and played ; Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion that they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY. " WHY, William, on that old grey stone, Thus for the length of half a day,... | |
 | Rose Porter - 1879 - 300 pages
...his finger on nature's heart, sang — " ' Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there ; ' and surely, if they can feel pleasure, they must feel pain too." And then Lisbeth murmured, half... | |
 | Robert Henry Elliot - 1879 - 346 pages
...language of dogs, we shall very likely find that Wordsworth was right. Besides, when he wrote that— The budding twigs spread out their fan To catch the...breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there is pleasure there, it seems to me he really meant what he wrote. If he is proved to be right some day,... | |
 | Daniel A. Dombrowski - 1988 - 174 pages
...matter," whatever that means. In "Lines Written in Early Spring," Wordsworth talks of birds: Their thoughts I cannot measure: — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. And plants: The budding twigs spread out their fan. To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all... | |
 | Catharine Parr Traill - 1999 - 239 pages
...*Mimus polyglottos ^Turdus melodius. ANOTHER MAY MORNING "The birds around me hopped and played; Their thoughts I cannot measure; But the least motion which...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there." — Wordsworth1 THIS morning, May 20th, I saw the first hummingbird of the season, later than usual.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 2000 - 788 pages
...my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played: Their thoughts I cannot measure, But the least motion which...think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there. If I these thoughts may not prevent, If such be of my creed the plan, Have I not reason to lament What... | |
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tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played : Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch... 
