 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...knew not why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply. i " The eye it cannot chuse but see, " We cannot bid the ear be still; " Our bodies...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may,... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...knew not why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply. *' The eye it cannot chuse but see, We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies...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... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with our will. " Nor less I deem t licit there are powers, Which of themselves our minds impress,...for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, E;it we must still be seeking ? *' — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, Conversing as I may, I... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 272 pages
...be, " Against, or with our will. " Nor less I deem that there are powers " Which of themselves out minds impress, " That we can feed this mind of ours...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, "' Conversing as I may,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1800 - 270 pages
...Against, or with aeta will. "•Nbr less I deem that " Which of themselves our minds impm», " That we eaa feed this mind of ours " In a wise passiveness. "...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...why, To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply. " The eye it cannot chuse but see f " We cannot bid the ear be still ; " Our bodies feel,...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...that light bequeath'd " To beings else forlorn and blind ! " Up ! up ! and drink the spirit breath'd " From dead men to their kind. " You look round on your...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? " — Then ask'not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...spake, And thus I made reply : " The eye it cannot choose but see; " We cannot bid the ear be still j " Our bodies feel, where'er they be, " Against, or with...ever speaking, " That nothing of itself will come, " But we must still be seeking ? « " — Then ask not wherefore, here, alone, " Conversing as I may,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 406 pages
...earth, " As if she for no purpose bore you, " As if you were her first-born birth, " And none had liv'd before you ! " One morning thus by Esthwaite lake,...impress, " That we can feed this mind of ours " In a wise passiveoess. "•Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum " Of things for ever speaking, " That nothing... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 454 pages
...bid the ear be still ; " Our bodies feel, where'er they be, " Against or with our will. <s Nor less.I deem that there are Powers " Which of themselves our...impress, " That we can feed this mind of ours " In a wise passivencss. * See Lyrical Ballads, vol. ip 1. - - ".•" "Think " Think you, raid all this mighty... | |
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One morning thus, by Esthwaite lake, When life was sweet, I knew not 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, Against or with... 
