 | Arminianism - 1880 - 1028 pages
...amiability 'He fonght his doubts, and gathered strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them : thus he came...faith his own ; And Power was with him in the night, OF the same stock as the Taylors of Ongar, his father's mother being aunt to Ann and Jane and Isaac... | |
 | 1876 - 516 pages
...mind And laid them : thus he gathered strength To find a stronger faith his own, And power was given him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone." Thus quiet came, a settled faith, the freedom of the truth, and sweet intercourse with Christ, which... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...creeds. He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his j udgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them; thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own." And the conclusion of the whole poem is made to be the acquisition of this " faith that comes of self-control,... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...creeds. He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them ; thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own." And the conclusion of the whole poem is made to be the acquisition of this "faith that comes of self-control,... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...friend:— He fought his doubts, and gathered strength, He would not make his reason blind, He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them; thus, he came at length To find a firmer faith his own: And Power was with him in the night. Which makes the darkness and the light,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgement blind, He faced the spectres of the mind U2 To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold Altho' the trumpet blew so loud. 143 XCV. MY love has talk'd with rocks and trees, He finds on misty... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...and gather 'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind 142 To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold Altho' the trumpet hlew so loud. 143 xcv. MY love has talk'd with rocks and trees, He finds on misty... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 1851 - 422 pages
...creeds. He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgement blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold Altho' the trumpet blew so loud. XCVI. MY love has talk'd -with rocks and trees ; He finds on misty... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Bible - 1851 - 368 pages
..." He fought his doubts and gathered strength ; He would not make his judgment blind ; He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them : thus he came...light alone, " But in the darkness and the cloud. ' TKNNVSON. "No inquirer can fix a direct and clear-sighted gaze towards Truth, who is casting side... | |
 | David Thomas - 1882 - 446 pages
...follows:— " He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came...makes the darkness and the light And dwells not in the night alone." In the poem on "Despair," Tennyson's Atheist is a, poor unfortunate crazed Pessimist,... | |
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He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness... 
