...To see a good in evil, and a hope In ill-success, that love has been driven to excess in our being, That self might be annulled ; her bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to love. Doubtless there is a passion which begins in disinterestedness, and ends in self-sacrifice : but (I...

...ascend Towards a higher object. — Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end : For this the passion to excess was driven — That...bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to love. Wordsworth's Laottamia. ISSUING from that pensive vale, Soon an alpine scene we hail, Where Olympian...

...ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; For this the passion to excess was driven — That...bondage prove The fetters of a dream opposed to love." — Laodamia. It might be thought that Wordsworth's love of external nature and of ideal beauty, not...

...ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; For this the passion to excess was driven — That self might be annulled : her bondage prove The tetters of a dream opposed to love." — Laodamia. It might be thought that Wordsworth's love of external...

...knightfully. For that feeling, — which " was given, encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for this end, That self might be annulled, — her bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to love," — has been tainted and drugged by an unholy infusion of fleshly passion. That which was to elevate...

...to ascend, Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; For this the passion to excess was driven, That self...bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to love." Aloud she shrieked ! for Hermes reappears ! Round the dear shade she would have clung ; 'tis vain;...

...ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; For this the passion to excess was driven — That...bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to love."* Aloud she shrieked ! for Hermes re-appears ! Round the dear shade she would have clung — 'tis vain...

...ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; im. Sec, brother, see how graciously She looketh down on him. First Voice. But Aloud she shrieked ; for Hermes reappears! Round the dear shade she would have clung ; 'tis vain ;...

...ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; or bower, To minstrel-harps at midnight's witching...day arrives, the moment wished and feared ; 'I he love.1 Aloud she shrieked; for Hermes reappears! Round the dear shade she would have clung ; 'tis vain...

...selfishness and utilitarianism : — "— — Love was given, Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for this end, For this the passion to excess was driven. That Self might be annull'd, its bondage prove The fetters of a dream, opposed to Love."* Further, this feeling, when...