...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,...there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress ; * Written at Alfoxden in 1793. Mr. Wordsworth said this poem waa a favorite with tin; Quakers. That...

...not be slaves to our senses. It is said, to our shame, that " 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." But we can shut our eyes against the light, and very often do ; we can stop our ears ; and as for the...

...spake, And thus I made reply : — " The eye, — it cannot choose but see ; We cannot bid the car be still ; Our bodies feel, where'er they be, Against...Which of themselves our minds impress ; That we can feel this mind of ours In a wise passiveaess. " Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum Of things for ever...

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

...made reply : " Nor loss I deem that there are powcra Which of themselves our minds impress ; That wo can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. "Think you, 'mid nil this mighty sum Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we must still...

...friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply : " The eye — it can not choose but see ; We can not bid the ear be still : Our bodies feel, where'er they...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 wherefore,...

...friend Matthew spake, And thus I made reply : " The eye — it can not choose but see ; We can not bid the ear be still : Our bodies feel, where'er they...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 wherefore,...

...; We cannot bid the ear be still : Onr bodies feel, where'er they be, Against or with our will. Kor less I deem that there are Powers, Which of themselves...feed this mind of ours, In a wise passiveness. Think yon, 'mid all this mighty sum, Of things for ever speaking, That nothing of itself will come, But we...

...unwise preference of merely visible products over all other results whatever. Nor less, says Wordsworth, I deem that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress, And we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. SERVANTS' FEES. THE playful satire of the...

...burden in that mystery; it is simply quiet beneath the over-arching influences, and purely recipient. Nor less I deem, that there are powers Which of themselves our minds impress, And we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness. WORDSWORTH. There is a pleasure in the pathless...