...the gladness of the May ! ODE. 247 What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower — We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what...

...that play, Ye that through your hearts to-day Feel the gladness of the May ! What though the radiance, which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from...Strength in what remains behind, In the primal sympathy 228 INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. Which having been, must ever be ; In the soothing thoughts that spring...

...hearts to-day Feel the gladness of the May ! What though the radiance which was once so bright 175 Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing...not, rather find Strength in what remains behind, 180 '59 Which having been, must ever be ; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering...

...that play, Ye that through your hearts to-day I 'eel the gladness of the Mayl What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from...my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower — We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what...

...gladness of the May ! What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from thy rill'd in her thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace S flower : Wo will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind, 111 the primal sympathy,...

...then, is no mere moralizing or intermittent burst of charity: Wordsworth speaks of the primal sympadiy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering.42 For Wordsworth, this innate sympathy is rooted both in childhood and (and this is crucial)...

...developed with the two qualifying "though" clauses ("What though the radiance which was once so bright," "Though nothing can bring back the hour / Of splendour in the grass" [176, 178—79]), which lead into the subdued but more sustainable mood of consolation. The argumentative...

...poetry. It is, as we know, a story of loss and gain - loss of the naive, acquirement of the sentimental: We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains...primal sympathy Which having been must ever be ... In years that bring the philosophic mind. ("Ode. Intimations of Immortality," 180 183, 188) That "mind"...

...poetic vision, in "Intimations of Mortality," of the loss of a childhood "trailing clouds of glory": "nothing can bring back the hour / Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower." In all these formulations, both pathological and healthy self-development generate loss and,...

...[material] worid, but afterwards, he is found in three worlds, and accessible therein."a" YAHRZEIT We will grieve not. rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the prmial sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering;...