...he performed it in a modest and loving spirit. As Wordsworth finely says : — " There are no colors in the fairest sky, So fair as these : the feather...Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropt from an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith, and purest charity, In Statesman,...

...fair as these : the feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men Draft from an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith, and purest charity, In Statesmen, Priest, and humble Citizen. Oh ! could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live,...

...by the intrinsic worth of his verse, and by the happy fortune of his life forming one of those — " The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing." From the account left us by Lord Herbert, his father seems to have been in the fullest sense a noble...

...may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." T. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are no colors in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather,...purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble Citizen : O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their...

...Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! 19 Part ii. xxxvi The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing.* Ecclesiastical Sounets. Part iii. Walton's Lives. Meek Walton's heavenly memory. Ibid. Up ! up ! my...

...AND HOUGHTON. 1865. HARVAHO COLLEGE LIBRARY FRO,'! THE ESTATE OF IAWR:;JUEJ. HENDERSOH MAY 19, 1942 There are no colours in the fairest sky, So fair as these : the feather whence the fen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men Dropt from an angel's wing : with moistened...

...poet's description of them is hardly extravagant — ' There are no colora in the fairest eky So f.iir as these. The feather whence the pen Was shaped that...lives of these good men Dropped from an angel's wing.' Any attempt to draw a complete parallel between the personal history of Keble and that of Herbert would...

...Webster, 1849. These lines are similarly quoted by the Rev. John Gumming in the Voices of the Dead. , The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing.1 Ibid. Part iii. v. Walton's Boot of Lives. Meek Walton's heavenly memory. ibid. But who would...

...that he may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight' T. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are uo colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather,...traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel'swing. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble...

...Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! part ii. xxxvi. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced...of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing.* Ecclesiastical Sonnets. Part iii. Walton 's L hes. Meek Walton's heavenly memory. md. The pen wherewith...