...to be attended to, as an intimation of providence to relax. V^« would not be understood to deny ' That there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we may feed these minds of ours In a wise passiveness,' a doctrine which is full of comfort to the sick...

...seems, better than his prose, the possibility of our being tanght much while we sit and do nothing. " Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves...impress ; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.'"The thing here described is certainly true : on the other hand, it is said, " The devil...

...dryness of this description by quoting the lines : — " 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 less I dream that there are power*, Which of themselves our minds impns.. : That we can feed this miud of...

...idleness — there is little fear of that — " The ear it cannot choose but hear, We cannot bid the eye be still, Our bodies feel where'er they be, Against, or with our will.'' And it is a mean and poor policy to mete out every minute, and begrudge every fragment of existence...

...view, and thus by unconscious growth was my spirit matured, and The eye can never choose but see ; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel,...can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. " There is no form or phase of moral being in -which there is not enwrapped a seed of wisdom. Suffering...

...look into the higher nature of original truth, by Intuition, — no unreal function of our nature : Nor less I deem that there are powers, Which, of themselves, our minds impress; That we can feed these minds of ours, In a wise passiveness. But if it is precisely because the most creative minds...

...you this time was lost? I will answer you from Wordsworth : " The eye, it cannot choose to see ; " We cannot bid the ear be still ; " Our bodies feel,...themselves our minds impress ; " That we can feed that mind of oars " In a wise passiveness." LETTER X. Lnih Inn, 18"» July. TOIL must follow rest....

...To me my good friend Matthew spake, And thus 1 made reply : ' The eye — it cannot choose but see; We cannot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel,...• 'Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things forever speaking, That nothing q/ itself viM come, But we must still be seeking 1 1 Then ask not wherefore,...

...good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply : 1 The eye — it cannot choose but see; We canuot bid the ear be still; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with our will. 1 Nor less I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress] That we can feed this...

...good friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply : ' The eye — it cannot choose but see; We canLot bid the ear be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against, or with onr will. ' Nor less F deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can...