 We have but faith: we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. > Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well,...  Poetical Works - Page 6by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861Full view - About this book
 | 1898 - 584 pages
...knowledge which has been so beautifully supplied by Tennyson in the dedication to ' In Memoriam : ' — ' Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of...May make one music as before, But vaster.' We are fully conscious that the substantive suggestions contained in the foregoing paragraphs are, most or... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge...according well, May make one music as before, But vaster." And the volume is closed and rounded with the same sentiment, that Faith grows out of Knowledge, and... | |
 | American literature - 1887 - 890 pages
...cannot but minister to human welfare if only its freedom be in harmony with spiritual order : — " Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell." The " crowning race," as conceived by Tennyson, is one that shall look, eye to eye, on knowledge ;... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 550 pages
...day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge...according well, May make one music as before, But vaster." And the volume is closed and rounded with the same sentiment, that Faith grows out of Knowledge, and... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pages
...day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, — And thou, О Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it conies from thee, A beam in darkness : let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1850 - 590 pages
...their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see : And yet wetrust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness : let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more,... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...him the language of Tennyson wai applicable : — " Let knowledge grow from more to more, But mi>re of reverence in us dwell ; That mind and soul, according...well, May make one music as before, "But vaster." When he begins to record his deeper experience of Nature's influence, he stops short, as if expiating... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - Bible - 1853 - 312 pages
...have not see'n thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace ; Believing where we cannot prove : — We have but faith : we cannot know : For knowledge...comes from thee, A beam in darkness : let it grow." This is the spirit which we ought to cherish. Waiting in darkness for more light, " believing where... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - Hymns, English - 1853 - 674 pages
...day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 4 We have but faith ; we cannot know ; For knowledge...comes from thee, A beam in darkness : let it grow. 5 Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell ; That mind and soul, according... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of...soul according well May make one music as before. (In memoriam), p. vii. Thus truth was multiplied on truth, the world Like one great garden show'd,... | |
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