...then, is no mere moralizing or intermittent burst of charity: Wordsworth speaks of the primal sympadiy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering.42 For Wordsworth, this innate sympathy is rooted both in childhood and (and this is crucial)...

...poetry. It is, as we know, a story of loss and gain - loss of the naive, acquirement of the sentimental: We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains...primal sympathy Which having been must ever be ... In years that bring the philosophic mind. ("Ode. Intimations of Immortality," 180 183, 188) That "mind"...

...form of progress toward a terminus ad quern, a place of "setting," in the lines that express a belief "In the faith that looks through death, /In years that bring the philosophic mind" (11. 185-86), Shelley's does not.58 While the object of such faith probably exists,59 it cannot be...

...[material] worid, but afterwards, he is found in three worlds, and accessible therein."a" YAHRZEIT We will grieve not. rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the prmial sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering;...

...my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains...death,^ In years that bring the philosophic mind. ^BP/ tabor -a small drum primal original, first 1 "To me the meanestflower that blows can give I Thoughts...

...back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find 180 Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy...through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind. 11 And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves, Forebode not any severing of our loves! Yet in...

...affirms, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy . . . In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering. (11. 177-84) The Ode is circular...

...assuaged: Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains...suffering, In the faith that looks through death.... (180-88) "We will grieve not," the poet declares. He, and potentially others, will withstand grief...

...her in contact with nature, the huntsman is able to come back into touch with half-forgotten . . . soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering;...through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind. — "Ode, Intimations on Immortality" Upon learning of his original intent, Snow White rushes off in...

...the hour / Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; / We will grieve not," but find solace "In the faith that looks through death, / In years that bring the philosophic mind." Shelley, however, is determined to preserve the visionary gleam, despite its inconstancy and the difficulty...