 | 1830 - Страниц: 596
...the sounding of his whelk, of storms at sea, and of the fluxes of the tide ! For, with Wordsworth, I have seen " A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1841 - Страниц: 400
...By the inferior Faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - Страниц: 584
...the most intolerant of that school of critics, who vainly attempted to write and sneer him down. " I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very sold Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - Страниц: 372
...birthplace moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a"shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described : — "I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listened intently, and his countenance... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - Страниц: 612
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - Страниц: 360
...birthplace moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 602
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Lbttn'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - Страниц: 612
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland eround, applying to his ear The convolutions ot a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd,... | |
 | Sights - 1844 - Страниц: 104
...all of which deserve examination. A single shell may afford much pleasure. Wordsworth says : — " I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | Edward Brown - 1845 - Страниц: 152
...3 3433 07581022 0 ECHOES I OF NAT 'TJ K E. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
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I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings... 
