 And dwell in it for ever—we would make Some moment of young Friendship or First-love Into a dream, from which we would not wake; We would contrast our Action with Repose, Like the deep stream that widens as it flows. We would, indeed, be somewise as...  The Keepsake - Page 1891851Full view - About this book
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - English poetry - 1868 - 258 pages
...Like the deep stream that widens as it flows. We would, indeed, be somewise as Thou art, Not spring and bud, and flower, and fade and fall,— Not fix...We would assert the privilege of a soul, In that it knows—to understand the Whole. If such things are within us—God is good— And flight is destined... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...wake ; We would contrast our action with repose, Like the deep stream that widens as it flows. 474 ; 85;@ fee! it all : We would assert the privilege of a soul, In that it knows — to understand the whole.... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 852 pages
..." We would," he writes in "Anima Mundi," — We would, indeed, be somewise as Thou art, Not spring and bud, and flower, and fade, and fall, Not fix our...privilege of a soul, In that it knows to understand tile whole. The lines italicized seem exactly to explain the attitude of Houghton's intellect towards... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - Great Britain - 1886 - 334 pages
...fancy. " We would," he writes in "Anima Mundi :" We would, indeed, be somewise as Thou art, Not spring and bud, and flower, and fade, and fall, Not fix our...a soul, In that it knows to understand the whole. The lines italicised seem exactly to explain the attitude of Houghton's intellect towards the problems... | |
 | 1851 - 598 pages
...repose, Like the deep stream that widens as it flows. We would he somewise as Thou art. Not cpris, and bud, and flower, and fade and fall ; Not fix our intellects on some scaot part Of Nature, but enjoy or feel it all. We would assert the privilege of a soul, In that it... | |
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