...return to nature which Wordsworth inaugurated, comparing it with a child's return to its mother : — ' He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth.' says Matthew Arnold ; and so Mr. Watson : — ' Thee he approached without distrust or dread," i•••••...

...from the prison-cell Of festering thoughts and personal fears, Where we had long been doomed to dwell. He laid us, as we lay at birth, On the cool flowery...us, and the breeze Went o'er the sunlit fields again : Our foreheads felt the wind and rain : Our youth came back ; for there was shed On spirits that had...

...upon a wintry clime Had fallen, — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, and fears, He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round, — He ¡»poke and loosed our hearts in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool, flowery lap of...

...Arnold's poetry ever really exerts, be more nearly applicable to most men's debt to Aim : — - . " He laid us as we lay at birth, On the cool flowery bp of earth; Smiles broke from us, and we had eue. The hills were round us, and the breeze Went o'er...

...too, upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears, He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its...us, and the breeze Went o'er the sunlit fields again : Our youth return'd ; for there was shed On spirits that had long been dead, Spirits dried up, and...

...too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears. He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round ; He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles...

...fears. He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round : He spoke, and loos' d our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth...flowery lap of earth ; Smiles broke from us and we bad ease. The hills were round us, and the breeze Went o'er the sun-lit fields again : Our foreheads...

...too upon a wintry clime Had fallen — on this iron time Of doubts, disputes, distractions, fears. He found us when the age had bound Our souls in its benumbing round: He spoke, and loos'd our heart in tears. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery lap of earth ; Smiles...

...dreaming' spires." This love Mr. Arnold learnt from Wordsworth. Now hear him on his great master himself. He laid us as we lay at birth On the cool flowery...lap of earth, Smiles broke from us and we had ease. And again : Keep fresh the grase upon his grave Oh Botha, with thy living wave ! Sing him thy best,...

...awe of a pure communion with Nature, whose Author is God. Thus Arnold speaks of Wordsworth : — " He laid us, as we lay at birth, On the cool flowery...hills were round us, and the breeze Went o'er the gun-lit fields again ; Our foreheads felt the wind and rain. Our youth returned : for there was shed...