 He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them: thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and...  In memoriam [by A. Tennyson]. - Page 142by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1880 - 1028 pages
...make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them : thus he came at length ' To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with him in the night, OF the same stock as the Taylors of Ongar, his father's mother being aunt to Ann and Jane and Isaac... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them: thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own : And Power was with...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Although the trumpet blew so loud. [From In bfemoriam.] TO A FRIEXD IN HEAVEN. DEAR friend, far off,... | |
 | 1876 - 516 pages
...mind And laid them : thus he gathered strength To find a stronger faith his own, And power was given him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone." Thus quiet came, a settled faith, the freedom of the truth, and sweet intercourse with Christ, which... | |
 | 1897 - 986 pages
...reason blind, He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them; thus, he came at length To find a firmer faith his own: And Power was with him in the night....and the light, a.nd dwells not in the light alone. Let me tell you briefly how he found that firmer faith. Tennyson possessed not only a most keen and... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1866 - 524 pages
...make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length " To find a stronger Faith his own; And Power was with...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Although the trumpet blew SO loud." la page 147 is a striking explanation of the allegory of " the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgement blind, He faced the spectres of the mind U2 To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with...their gods of gold Altho' the trumpet blew so loud. 143 XCV. MY love has talk'd with rocks and trees, He finds on misty mountain-ground His own vast shadow... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - Grief - 1850 - 228 pages
...and gather 'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind 142 To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with...Israel made their gods of gold Altho' the trumpet hlew so loud. 143 xcv. MY love has talk'd with rocks and trees, He finds on misty mountain-ground His... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with...peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold Although the trumpet blew so loud. \XMr love has talked with rocks and trees, He finds on misty mountain-ground... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Bible - 1851 - 336 pages
...make his judgment blind ; He faced the spectres of the mind, And laid them : thus he came at length " To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with...light alone, " But in the darkness and the cloud.' TENNYSON. "No inquirer can fix a direct and clear-sighted gate towards Truth, who is casting side glances... | |
 | David Thomas - 1882 - 446 pages
...make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length " To find a stronger faith his own; And Power was with...makes the darkness and the light And dwells not in the night alone." In the poem on "Despair," Tennyson's Atheist is a, poor unfortunate crazed Pessimist,... | |
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