...note of actuality ; he had ' come forth into the light of things. ' The temper of the poet was his : ' The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me —...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears.' No man ever had a keener Nature-sense ; no teaching was ever so spontaneous, so instinctive, so full...

...discords to which they were wilfully surrendered, insensible to his music, such notes as these : — ' Long have I loved what I behold, The night that calms,...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears ;' and since he denounced the mere man of the world, represented under the guise of Peter Bell, as...

...bowers, and ladies fair, The shades of palaces and kings!" And the poet replies to these seductions, " Long have I loved what I behold, The night that calms,...day that cheers ; The common growth of mother earth Sufficea me — her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. " The dragon's wing, the mystic...

...earth, the following verses are introduced, in reference to the subject of the poem : Long have I lov'd what I behold, The night that calms, the day that...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic ring, I shall not covet for my dower, If I along that lowly way With sympathetic...

...poem which Aristarchns would persuade us is a tissue of " dandling impotent drivel." Long have I lov'd what I behold, The night that calms, the day that...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic wing, I shall not covet for my dower, Jf I along that lowlv way With sympathetic...

...poem which Aristarchus would persuade us is a tissue of " daudling impotent drivel." Long have I lov'd what I behold, The night that calms, the day that...her tears, her mirth. Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic wing, I shall not covet for my dower, If I along that lowlv way With sympathetic...

...ambitious Youth, For I myself, in very truth, Am all unfit to be your mate. . > • Long have I lov'd what I behold, The night that calms, the day that...mother earth Suffices me — her tears, her mirth, |l Her humblest mirth and tears. « The dragon's wing, the magic ring, I shall not covet for my dower,...

...introduced, in reference u> the subject of the poem : Long have I lov'd what I behold. The night that cairns, the day that cheers : The common growth of mother...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic ring, I shall not covet for my dower, If I along that lowly way With sympathetic...

...with you some ambitious Youth, For I myself, in very truth, Am all unfit to be your mate. VOL. II. O Long have I loved what I behold, The night that calms,...tears, her mirth, . Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic ring, I shall not covet for my dower, If I along that lowly way With sympathetic...

...expressed in many parts of his poems, as for instance in the three following verses from Peter Bell. Long have I loved what I behold, The night that calms,...her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. The dragon's wing, the magic ring, I shall not covet for my dower, If I along that lowly way With sympathetic...