 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...be, " Against, or with our will. " Nor less I deem that there are Powers " Which of themselves our minds impress ; " That we can feed this mind of ours...of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? "o ' " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old gray... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...where'er they be, Against, or with our will. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours...here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old gray stone, And dream my tune away." IL THE TABLES TURNED; EVENING SCENE, ON THE SAME SUBJECT. UP !... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...where'er they be, Against, or with our will. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Think yon, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for cter speaking. That nothing of itself will come, But we... | |
 | 1836 - 346 pages
...our minds impns.. : That we can feed this miud of ours, In a wise passiveness. " Think you, mid alt this mighty sum . Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, Hut we must still be seeking ' "One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man— Of moral... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1836 - 408 pages
...tanght much while we sit and do nothing. " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.'"The thing here described is certainly true : on the other hand, it is said, " The devil... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 414 pages
...incidental. They were in the condition and state of mind of the old man in Wordsworth's ballad, who says — Think you, mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever...of itself will come, But we must still be seeking? That Homer had an eye for the sublime features of earth, the nobler forms of animal life, and phenomena... | |
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 274 pages
...where'er they be, Against or with our will. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. " There is no form or phase of moral being in -which there is not enwrapped a seed of wisdom. Suffering... | |
 | London female mission - 1840 - 478 pages
...lessons come unsought — the poet Wordsworth says — " Think yon, 'mid ail this mighty turn, Of tilings for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking." Whilst thus contemplating the beauty of nature, and rejoicing in her smiles, thoughts of God and hit... | |
 | William Howitt - 1841 - 520 pages
...condition and state of mind of the old man in Wordsworth's ballad, who says — Think you, mid all thia mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing...of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? That Homer had an eye for the sublime features of earth, the nobler forms of animal life, and phenomena... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 470 pages
...said of the teachings of religion ; "Nor less I deem, that there are powers, " Which of themselves our minds impress; "That we can feed this mind of ours...itself will come, "But we must still be seeking?" CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH. Of the excision and crucifixion of the natural life. [ "And if thy right eye... | |
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Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. 
