...God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed ; he proffered no request ; Kapt into still communion, that transcends The imperfect...Power That made him ; — it was blessedness and love ! A Herdsman, on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his ; and in this sort Was his existence...

...expired. No thanks he breathed, he preferred no request ; Rapt into still communion that transeends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind...Power That made him ; it was blessedness and love ! " — Excursim, B. i. P. 33. The silver brook flowing into golden streamt. — This may allude to...

...from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love." f And need I add, that thus mused and kindled and adored, a greater than all uninspired men, " the...

...from the living God, Thought was not, in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed— he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love." Or to cite another illustration, what can be finer in language than the following on The Clouds ? •...

...from the living God, Thought was not; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he preferred no request; Rapt into still communion, that transcends...Power That made him ; it was blessedness and love! " (Excursion, BI) 49. The silver brook fawing into golden streams.] — This may allude to the gradual...

...God, Thought was not, in enjoyment it expired. Xo thanks he breathed— he proflxred no request ; Hapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love." Or to cite another illustration, what can be finer in language than the following on The Clouds ? •...

...elevation of the whole being like what Wordsworth ascribes to his youth growing among the mountains : — " His mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; it was blessedness and lore." This may not hinder us, however, from the endeavor to gather up into thought, and to put into...

...from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love."* It is the mediation of Nature, her_ prophetic function, to convey to the soul the sentiment of God,...

...from the living God, Thought was not; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love! A Herdsman on the lonely mountain tops, Such intercourse was his, and in this sort Was his existence...

...from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends...power That made him ; it was blessedness and love."* It is the mediation of Nature, her prophetic function, to convey to the soul the sentiment of God,...