I sit apart holding no forms of creeds,
But contemplating all.
But contemplating all.
Tennyson
, 42; Tacitus, 'Annals', ii.
, 61; and Juvenal, 'Sat.
', xv.
, 5:
"Dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone Chordae,"
and compare Akenside's verses,
'Plea. of Imag. ', i. , 109-113:--
Old Memnon's image, long renown'd
By fabling Nilus: to the quivering touch
Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string
Consenting, sounded thro' the warbling air
Unbidden strains. ]
[Footnote 32: 1833. O'. ]
[Footnote 33: Here added in 1842 and remaining till 1851 when they were
excised are two stanzas:--
"From shape to shape at first within the womb
The brain is modell'd," she began,
"And thro' all phases of all thought I come
Into the perfect man.
"All nature widens upward. Evermore
The simpler essence lower lies:
More complex is more perfect, owning more
Discourse, more widely wise. "]
[Footnote 34: These stanzas were added in 1851. ]
[Footnote 35: Added in
1842, with the following variants which remained till 1851, when the
present text was substituted:--
"I take possession of men's minds and deeds.
I live in all things great and small.
I sit apart holding no forms of creeds,
But contemplating all. "]
[Footnote 36: 1833. Sometimes. ]
[Footnote 37:
And intellectual throne
Of full-sphered contemplation. So three years
She throve, but on the fourth she fell.
And so the text remained till 1850, when the present
reading was substituted. ]
[Footnote 38: For the reference to Herod see
'Acts' xii. 21-23. ]
[Footnote 39: Cf. Hallam's 'Remains', p.
132: "That, i. e. Redemption," is in the power of God's election with
whom alone rest 'the abysmal secrets of personality'. ]
[Footnote 40:
See 'Daniel' v. 24-27. ]
[Footnote 41: In 1833 the following stanza,
excised in 1842:--
"Who hath drawn dry the fountains of delight,
That from my deep heart everywhere
Moved in my blood and dwelt, as power and might
Abode in Sampson's hair?
"Dimidio magicae resonant ubi Memnone Chordae,"
and compare Akenside's verses,
'Plea. of Imag. ', i. , 109-113:--
Old Memnon's image, long renown'd
By fabling Nilus: to the quivering touch
Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string
Consenting, sounded thro' the warbling air
Unbidden strains. ]
[Footnote 32: 1833. O'. ]
[Footnote 33: Here added in 1842 and remaining till 1851 when they were
excised are two stanzas:--
"From shape to shape at first within the womb
The brain is modell'd," she began,
"And thro' all phases of all thought I come
Into the perfect man.
"All nature widens upward. Evermore
The simpler essence lower lies:
More complex is more perfect, owning more
Discourse, more widely wise. "]
[Footnote 34: These stanzas were added in 1851. ]
[Footnote 35: Added in
1842, with the following variants which remained till 1851, when the
present text was substituted:--
"I take possession of men's minds and deeds.
I live in all things great and small.
I sit apart holding no forms of creeds,
But contemplating all. "]
[Footnote 36: 1833. Sometimes. ]
[Footnote 37:
And intellectual throne
Of full-sphered contemplation. So three years
She throve, but on the fourth she fell.
And so the text remained till 1850, when the present
reading was substituted. ]
[Footnote 38: For the reference to Herod see
'Acts' xii. 21-23. ]
[Footnote 39: Cf. Hallam's 'Remains', p.
132: "That, i. e. Redemption," is in the power of God's election with
whom alone rest 'the abysmal secrets of personality'. ]
[Footnote 40:
See 'Daniel' v. 24-27. ]
[Footnote 41: In 1833 the following stanza,
excised in 1842:--
"Who hath drawn dry the fountains of delight,
That from my deep heart everywhere
Moved in my blood and dwelt, as power and might
Abode in Sampson's hair?
