...Mathew spake, 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...

...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 our will. " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come,...

...Had ripened into faith, and faith become A passionate intuition. г/ч Emu-sun. Boot Л WORDSWORTH. n Her diadem of towers. Tall are the oaks whose acorns...Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Cimin Expostulation and Reply. WORDSWORTH. But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and...

...profitless and for the older ones shorn of its main interest. Remember Wordsworth's doctrine : — Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. The teacher must cultivate this Wordsworthian faith. The quality of true poetry is not strained. Simple...

...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...powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That \ve can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. "Think you, mid all this nnghty sum Of things...

...spake, And thus 1 made reply. " The eye — it cannot choose but see ' We cannot bid the ear be stiH ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with...passiveness. Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things forever speaking, That nothing of itself will come. But we must still be seeking ! — Then ask not...