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...forever speaking, That nothing of itself vr'M come, But we must still be seeking 1 " 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...

...why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply: The eye, — it cannot choose but see; We cannot bid the ear be still: Our bodies feel, where'er they be, o Against or with our will. Nor less I deem that there are Powers, Which of themselves our minds impress;...

...that not always are we called upon to seek ; sometimes, and in childhood above all, we are sought. " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for...That nothing of itself will come, But we must still oe seeking?" * * * » And again — " Nor less I deem that there are pow'rs Which of themselves our...

...is the height of pure enjoyment ; for, as Wordsworth sings, " The eye — it cannot choose bnt see ; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with, our will. " Not less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feed this...

...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." BOURRIENNE mentions a mode of abridging the...

...reply : — " 'The eye, it cannot choose bnt see; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies fee), where'er they be, Against, or with our will. " ' Nor...Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feel this mini} of ours In a wise passiveness. " ' Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for...

...thought. We turn to these things instinctively, at first, " The eye, — it cannot choose hut see, We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will." Man is not sufficient for himself intellectually, more than physically. He cannot rely wholly on what...

...choose bat see, We cannot hid the ear he still, Our bodies feel where'er they be, Against, or with onr will. Nor less I deem that there are powers, Which of themselves onr mind impress, That we can feed this mind of ours, In a wise — passionless. WORDSWORTH. BY the...

...itself, as the calm, clear lake does the imagery of the clouds and surrounding hills:— " 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...