 | Thomas De Quincey - 1861 - 388 страници
...forever speaking, That nothing of itself vr'M come, But we must still be seeking 1 " And again : — " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; And we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." These cases of infancy, reached at intervals... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - 1862 - 310 страници
...existence is the height of pure enjoyment ; for, as Wordsworth sings, " The eye — it cannot choose bnt see ; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies...feel, where'er they be, Against, or with, our will. " Not less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 454 страници
...forever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking?" And again : — " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress; And we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." BOURRIENNE mentions a mode of abridging the... | |
 | William Howitt - 1863 - 726 страници
...reply : — " 'The eye, it cannot choose bnt see; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies fee), where'er they be, Against, or with our will. " ' Nor...Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feel this mini} of ours In a wise passiveness. " ' Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1876 - 408 страници
...object of thought. We turn to these things instinctively, at first, " The eye, — it cannot choose hut see, We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will." Man is not sufficient for himself intellectually, more than physically. He cannot rely wholly on what... | |
 | Viscountess Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton Combermere - 1863 - 444 страници
...choose bat see, We cannot hid the ear he still, Our bodies feel where'er they be, Against, or with onr will. Nor less I deem that there are powers, Which of themselves onr mind impress, That we can feed this mind of ours, In a wise — passionless. WORDSWORTH. BY the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 страници
...lake, When life was sweet, I knew not why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply: " The eye — it cannot choose but see ; We cannot bid...passiveness. Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking 1 — Then... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 страници
...When life was sweet, I knew not why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply : " The eye — it cannot choose but see ; We cannot bid...passiveness. Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? — Then... | |
 | 1865 - 392 страници
...spake, And thus I made reply : — " The eye, — it cannot choose but see ; We cannot bid the year be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against...passiveness. " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? " Then ask... | |
 | William Thistlethwaite - 1865 - 182 страници
...proportions, the whole truth. Whilst accepting, therefore to the full, the view of Wordsworth, — "Nor less, I deem that there are powers, Which of...can feed this mind of ours, In a wise passiveness," let us accept, also, the co-relative truth, that the active must balance the passive, the practical... | |
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The eye — it cannot choose but see; We cannot bid the ear be still; Our bodies feel, 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... 
