 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 424af Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 420 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1876 - 152 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, And dream... | |
 | Cecil Maxwell - 1876 - 316 sider
...mind like rain off a cabbage leaf. CHAPTER IV. "Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking? " IN many things Pamela and her father were much alike, but there was also a great gap between their... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1877 - 364 sider
...by effort. Do you remember Wordsworth's — Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing 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... | |
 | John Dempster Bell - 1878 - 482 sider
...mind of ours In a wise passiveness." » And adds the words : " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things forever 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... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1878 - 506 sider
...Nature talkative enough ... ... ... ... ... 158 " Think you of all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking ? " Wordsworth. Fortunate Islands 158 See Lucian : " Veracious History," xxvi. The best of Company... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1878 - 486 sider
...Street."—Dr. Johnson. Nature talkative enough 158 " Think you of all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking?" Wordsworth. Fortunate Islands ... ... ... ... ... 158 See Lucian : " Veracious History," xxvi. The... | |
 | University of Oxford - 1879 - 584 sider
...answers have been given to this question ? 2. ' Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still be seeking? ' Why do we ' interrogate ' Nature ? 3. Explain the Method of Concomitant Variations. In •what enquiries... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 sider
...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 be seeking? ' — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon this old grey stone, And... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 sider
...where'er they be, Against, or with our will. " 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, And... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1880 - 738 sider
...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 be seeking? And hark, how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher : Come forth into the light of things,... | |
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