Lyrical Poems, Issue 207Macmillan, 1871 - 264 pages |
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Page 183 - Tis only through the soul That aught we know is known : — With equal voice she tells Of what we touch and see Within these bounds of life, And of a life to be ; Proclaiming One who brought us hither, And holds the keys of whence and whither.
Page 184 - Among the eternal stars Dim perturbations rise ; And all the searchers' search Does not exhaust the skies ; He Who has framed and brought us hither Holds in His hands the whence and whither. He in His science plans What no known laws foretell : The wandering fires and...
Page 198 - Tell us of a force, behind Nature's force, supreme, alone: Tell us of a larger mind Than the partial power we own : Tell us of a Being wholly Wise and great and just and holy : — Toning down the pride of mind To a wiser humbleness, Teach the limits of mankind, Weak to know, and prompt to guess, On the mighty shores that bound us Childlike gathering trifles round us...
Page 139 - Sting their way through the thrice-piled oak :— Let them range their seven-mile crescent, Giant galleons, canvas wide ! Ours will harry them, board, and carry them, Plucking the plumes of the Spanish pride. For our oath we swear By the name we bear, By England's Queen, and England free and fair, — Her's ever and her's still, come life, come death ! God save Elizabeth...
Page 79 - CHILD. by any device or knowledge The rosebud its beauty could know, It would stay a rosebud for ever, Nor into its fulness grow. And if thou could'st know thy own sweetness, O little one, perfect and sweet, Thou would'st be a child for ever, Completer whilst incomplete.
Page 181 - Twas but a phantom life That seem'd to think and will, Evolving self and God By some subjective skill ; That had its day of passage hither, But knew no whence, and knows no whither.
Page 138 - Cregy and Flodden are we ! We shall sunder them, fire, and plunder them, — English boats on the English sea ! And our oath we swear, By the name we bear, By England's Queen, and England free and...
Page 138 - Her's ever and her's still, come life, come death, — God save Elizabeth ! Sidonia, Recalde, and Leyva Watch from their bulwarks in swarthy scorn, Lords and princes by Philip's...
Page 180 - Then wherefore are ye come ? Why watch a worn-out corse ? Why weep a ripple past Down the long stream of force ? If life is that which keeps Each organism whole, No atom may be traced Of what he thought the soul : It had its term of passage hither, But knew no whence, and knows no whither.
Page 179 - God's special thought for man : The natural choice that brought us hither Is silent on the whence and whither. " If God there be, or Gods, Without our science lies ; We cannot see or touch, Measure, nor analyse.