...forms of nature. Rather, I believe, his feeling would be — silence is best. Has he not reminded us that ' There are powers Which of themselves our minds...we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness ' ? It was just because he could present to nature so broad and tranquil an expanse of receptive silence...

...beach and gaze away the day — impressed more strongly than ever with the sentiment of Wordsworth : " Nor less I deem that there are powers, Which of themselves our minds impress, That we can feel this mind of ours, In a wise pasaiveness. Think yon 'mid all the mighty stun, Of things forever...

...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, Against or with...for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, Bat we must still be seeking? Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I sit upon...

...ploughshare, died to prove The tender charm of poetry and love. Poems composed in Summer oj 1833. xjcxvii. 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 heavenly sing Made of a quill from an Angel's...

...? " I urged. "Ah! we must leave that to God;" and then the Vicar repeated half to himself, — " ' Think you mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever...That nothing of itself will come, But we must still he seeking.' " It will be well for us to bear that in mind, Miss Dora. We are sometimes in danger of...

...And thus I made reply : — " ' The eye, it cannot choose but see ; \Ve cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with our will. " ' Nor leu I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our mind* impress ; That we can feel this mind...

...into a whole ; and though this is done partly in the poet's " wise passiveness," * yet that wise * " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." WORDSWORTH. passiveness is never earned save by much and wise activity. But I say the mind must have...

...poet, who is an example of his own doctrine— " That there are powers Which of themselves our minda impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." Or I have sometimes thought that the dalliance of the mind with Fancy or with Truth might be described...

...and dreaming, " for the length of half a day," on an old gray stone by Esthwaite Lake, he avers — " That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness." And adds the words : " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things forever speaking, That nothing...

...question in their vicinity, and mine with my mother was speedily interrupted. CHAPTER XVI. MY BIRTHDAY. " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours .In a wise passiveness." WORDSWORTH. THE house was brilliantly lighted up, and the hall and rooms decorated with flowers. I...