...on his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and...our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprized; But for those affections, Those shadowy recollections. Which, be they what they may, Are...

...creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast: 140 Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise;...guilty Thing surprised: But for those first affections, 150 Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our...

...which is most worthy to be blessed," but the poet's own preparation for adult vision has been sterner: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised ... (11. 142-50) Hamlet Senior, as we read this final line, obtrudes himself in full armour into the...

...worthy to be blest; Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, 96 » With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish,...

...remembers What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions : not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest...worlds not realized, High instincts, before which our moral Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised 1 But for those first affections, Those shadowy...

...busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in Ms breast . — * Juv. xi. 21— Ed. Hot for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ;...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing ; Uphold us — cherish...

...the time of the French revolution), to the 'mad endeavour' - but rather, and here's the paradox, ... for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward...nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised. It is only because we know that joy is transient, because, unlike the lambs and other animals, we suffer...

...remember the waters of eternity — almost like we were children again, laughing and playing on the shore. O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live,...vanishings; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing...

...lines from the ninth stanza of the Intimations Ode. praise, not for the "simple creed / Of Childhood," but "for those obstinate questionings / Of sense and...shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish,...

...repeated. The repetition of inflections can can also be effective as in this passage from Wordsworth: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise;...of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized ("Ode on Intimations of immortality") In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree Where...