...eye— it cannot choose hut see : We cannot hid the ear he still ; Our hodies feel, where'er they he, Against or with our will. Nor less I deem that there...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...

...To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply. " The eye — it cannot choose but sec : We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel,...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...

...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...

...life is communicated to the mind, which reappear, variously modified, throughout his writings : — Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feel this mind of ours In a wiee passiveness. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is...

...thought. We turn to these things instinctively, at first, " 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." Man is not sufficient for himself intellectually, more than physically. He cannot rely wholly on what...

...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...

...instead of fancying we can find it all out by effort. • Do you remember Wordsworth's — Think yon 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, Bat we must still be seeking? We do not trust God; we trust ourselves. We do not believe that He seeks...

...his own contributions. NO. 6. APRIL, 1878. VOL. III. DIVERS TRUTHS WITH VARIED 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 you 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for...

...plougbshare, died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love. Poems composed in Summer of1^T,. xxxvii. Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. Expostulation and Reply. 1 The pen wherewith thou dost so heaveuly sing Made of a quill from an Angel's...

...a reprehensible indifference to figures, facts, and calculations. But I hold with Wordsworth : — Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. One of the most characteristic parts of the Fair is the long wooden bridge across the Oka, which connects...