 Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal...  Essays and Marginalia - Page 141by Hartley Coleridge - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Frederick William Robertson - Literature - 1858 - 376 pages
...moment into the same atmosphere which the poet breathes. " High instincts," Wordsworth calls them, " Before which our mortal nature Did tremble, like a guilty thing surprised: those first affections, Those shadowy recollections Which, be they what they may, Are yet the Fountain-light... | |
 | 1859 - 598 pages
...obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishiugs ; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised ; High instincts before which our mortal Nature Doth tremble like a guilty Thing surprised ;" — or because he shrinks from them with dislike as a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1859 - 584 pages
...obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishiugs ; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised ; High instincts before which our mortal Nature Doth tremble like a guilty Thing surprised ;" — or because he shrinks from them with dislike as a... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - Literature, Modern - 1859 - 610 pages
...Fallings from us, vauishings ; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble, like a guilty thing surprised; But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which be they what they may, Are yet the... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1888 - 620 pages
...— " Not for these I raise The Bong of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings...nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised. . . ." " ' What,' I said, ' are these fallings from us, for which he gives God thanks more than for... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...convinced many who were not convinced already. There still remain " those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings...of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised;" and though we may hear the mighty waters rolling evermore, we turn away with a sigh. " Who is he that... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; — Bat for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things ; Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized ; High instincts, before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...:— Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings...mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised ! But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which be they what they may, Are yet... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...breast: —Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, fallings from us, vanishings, Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts, before which oupmortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...breast : Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds uot realized, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing... | |
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