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 you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still... Beauties - Side 422af Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 420 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1798 - 240 sider
...this mind of ours, "" In a wise 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 not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, "" I sit upon this old grey stone,... | |
| 1799 - 614 sider
...this mind of ours, In a wise 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 not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old grey stone,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 sider
...this mind of ours " In a wise 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 not wherefore, here, alone, "' Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old grey stone,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 sider
...this mind ef ours, " In a wise passiveness. " Think you, mid all this mighty sum i' Of things for ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking.! 1 *' —Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old grey stone,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 sider
...this mip/d of ours ." In a wise passivenesj. " 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 not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old grey stone,... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 406 sider
...mind of ours " In a wise passiveoess. "•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 not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old gray stone,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...this mind of ours " In a wise 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 not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old gray stone,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...this mind of ours " In a wise 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 ? "o ' " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may, " I sit upon this old gray... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 sider
...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 must still be seeking? — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone. Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old gray stone, And dream... | |
| William Howitt - 1838 - 414 sider
...old man in Wordsworth's ballad, who says — Think you, mid all this 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... | |
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