 | W. M. Verhoeven - 1993 - 228 páginas
...resonates throughout the novel. This epigraph is from the poet Cowper, " — Here the heart / May give a useful lesson to the head, / And Learning wiser grow without his books." The villain Muir is all head, and he accuses Sergeant Dunham of taking "counsel of his heart, instead... | |
 | John Sitter - 2001 - 322 páginas
...tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness accompanied with sounds so soft Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here...the head. And learning wiser grow without his books. (v1, lines 72-87) Wordsworth and Coleridge were to tread, quite deliberately, in his footsteps: his... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 páginas
...in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here...the head, And learning wiser grow without his books. [132-261] All we behold is miracle; but, seen So duly, all is miracle in vain. Where now the vital... | |
 | Gavin Hopps, Jane Stabler - 2006 - 284 páginas
...where the optimal mental state is calm reflection and receptivity as opposed to intellectual toil: Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here...the head. And learning wiser grow without his books. (VI, 84—7) In such conditions 'wisdom' and 'truth' require no 'slow solicitation' but 'seize at once... | |
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That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give an useful lesson to the head, And learning wiser grow without his... 
