 Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage; thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all...  Poems - Page 352by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'n the eternal deep, Hnunted fur ever by Ihe Eternal MindMighty kneeling He lain would frame a prayer within hia...Thtt his nek body might have ease and rest; He Krove the clave ; A presence that is not to be pot by !" Now here, not to stop at the daring spirit of I... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,— Mighty prophet! seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, a... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,...o'er a slave, A presence which is not to be put by; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy Being's height. Why with... | |
 | 1842 - 504 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st th' eternal deep, Haunted for ever by th' eternal mind, — Mighty prophet ! seer blest ! On whom those truths...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, a... | |
 | 1912 - 880 pages
...except in the mind of a little child, "whose exterior semblance doth belie its soul's immensity": — "Mighty prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find!" On the whole, perhaps, It is Just as well we find something different. It is true that the shapes in... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 44 pages
...the greatest theme, that poet or philosopher ever yet exercised his powers upon. It broods over him like the day, a master o'er a slave, " A presence, which is not to be put by !" The truths that man is fallen, exposed because of sin to the just indignation of God, in peril of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet l Seer blest ! Broods like the Day, a Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! Broods like the Day, a Master o'er a Slave, A Presence which is not to be put by ; Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, Why with... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...blind. That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind ; — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths do rest. Which we arc toiling all our lives to find. In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave; Thou, over whom thy... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...blind, That, deaf, and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the Eternal Mind, — Mighty prophet ! seer blest ! On whom those truths...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day,... | |
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