 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1895 - 944 pages
...various views is — " For all we have power to see is a straight staff beat in a pool ; " And the car of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot see...we could see and hear this Vision— were it not He ?" To the enormous difficulties suggested by the facts of nature he is keenly alive. Partly he discounts... | |
 | Herbert Baynes - Comparative linguistics - 1895 - 368 pages
...God at all, says the fool, For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool. And ihe ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot see, But if we could hear and see this vision—were it not He?' And what of Slavonic E0n>, which is to Russians, Bulgarians,... | |
 | Kenyon West - Poets laureate - 1895 - 588 pages
...no God at all, says the fool : For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool ; And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot see; "FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL." FLOWER in the crannied wall, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,... | |
 | English poetry - 1896 - 532 pages
...no God at all, says the fool, For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool; And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...we could see and hear, this Vision were it not He? 643 FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold... | |
 | Charles Macauley Stuart - 1896 - 328 pages
...see is a straight staff bent in a pool; And the ear of man can not hear, and the eye of man can not see ; But if we could see and hear, this Vision — were it CROSSING THE BAR. THIS is one of the poet's latest compositions. It is au exquisite picture of the... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - Poetry - 1897 - 592 pages
...is a straight staff bent in a pool. And so the conclusion is a mixture of faith and of unbelief: And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...could see and hear, this Vision — were it not He ? Would that the poet had grasped the principle that the laws of our knowing are not merely arbitrary... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1897 - 590 pages
...these various views is — " For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool ; " And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...we could see and hear this Vision— were it not He ?" To the enormous difficulties suggested by the facts of nature he is keenly alive. Partly he discounts... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1897 - 284 pages
...stars, the seas, the hills, and the plains — Are not these, 0 Soul, the Vision of Him who reigns ? And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...could see and hear, this Vision — were it not He ? " NOTES. 1. The world, ie worldliness, the pursuit of wealth and pleasure, to the exclusion of higher... | |
 | William Elder - Natural theology - 1898 - 214 pages
...is God, say some; no God at all says the fool; For all we have power to see is a straight sfaff And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...could see and hear, this vision — were it not he? Our Lord bade us consider the lilies how they grow ; for one who obeys his injunction there are thousands... | |
 | John Oates - Didactic poetry, English - 1898 - 366 pages
...id Spirit with Spirit can meet, Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet." " And the ear of man cannot hear, and the eye of man cannot...could see and hear, this Vision, — were it not He?" Flower AND so with the " Flower in the Crannied in the Wall." If man could see into the meaning Crannied... | |
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God is law, say the wise; O Soul, and let us rejoice, For if He thunder by law, the thunder is yet His voice. Law is God, say some: no God at all, says the fool; For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool; And the ear of man cannot... 
