 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Christian life - 1843 - 470 pages
...wisdom that we may become receptive of a higher wisdom,) can it be said of the teachings of religion ; "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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 612 pages
...canLot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with onr will. ' Nor less F deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of oars In a wise passiveness. 'Think yon, 'mid all this mighty sum Of ihings for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
..." 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...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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...Powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feel this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
..." 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...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 thought forever... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...reply : 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...powers, Which of themselves our minds impress, That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Think yon, mid all this mighty sum Of things for... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will. Nor lese I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise pagsiveness. Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - Hawaii - 1851 - 446 pages
...from a vernal wood may teach you more of man, Of human nature and of good, than all the sages can. 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 PASSITENESS. The valley itself, to one secluded in it,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 396 pages
...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." These cases of infancy, reached at intervals... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Biography & Autobiography - 1853 - 404 pages
...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." These cases of infancy, reached at intervals... | |
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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. 
