 | Blomfield Jackson - 1870 - 216 pages
...advancement of the cause by what you or those around yon have done or failed in doing. " Think yon, 'mid all this mighty sum of things for ever speaking that nothing of itself will come and we must still be seeking ? " As Nature abhors gaps in her work, so does God lead on His chosen... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1871 - 622 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...itself will come, • But we must still be seeking I — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old grey stone, And... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1871 - 642 pages
...where'er they he, 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...That nothing of itself will come, But we must still he seeking 1 — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing a_s I may, I sit upon this old grey... | |
 | John Sherren Brewer - 1871 - 150 pages
...and their bearings which we are apt to consider as more immediately connected with our happiness ? Think you mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever...speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we mast still be seeking ? Can the mind of man be in constant communion with the great truths unfolded... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 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 passivcncss. Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...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 time away." THE TABLES TURNED. AN EVENING SCENE, ON THE SAME . SUBJECT. UP... | |
 | Science - 1894 - 900 pages
...I can." This recalls Wordsworth's abiding faith • " that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." It would be wrong to assume that this attitude toward education is purely negative. In a very positive... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - Ethics - 1872 - 432 pages
...as the calm, clear lake does the imagery of the surrounding hills and overhanging sky. ' Think not, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing in itself will come, But we must still be seeking.' Those early spring poems at Alfoxden, from which... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1877 - 452 pages
...APPLICATIONS. III. " I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress That we must feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Think...of itself will come, But we must still be seeking." Wordsworth. " We seem to live in the midst of a battle— there is such a din, such a hurrying to and... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1873 - 384 pages
...degrees, instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. Do you remember Wordsworth's — • Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for...of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? We do not trust God ; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He seeks us ; we fancy we have to... | |
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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. 
