 | Henry Reed - 1857 - Страниц: 424
...been embodied by a poet's words, — a passage in the " Excursion " presenting the same image : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to her ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, her very soul Listen'd... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Страниц: 350
...guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. Examples of Middle Pitch. 1. 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 touched, his very soul. Listened intently; and his countenance... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - Страниц: 424
...from which the ear of Faith can hear mysterious murmurings of the Deity. * Excursion, book iv. p. 432. "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... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - Страниц: 890
...you — you have never been— There is nothing at all but Me." From THE EXCURSION WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 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... | |
 | Daniel Howard Sinclair Nicholson, Arthur Hugh Evelyn Lee - 1924 - Страниц: 672
...holiest love ; as earth, sea, air, with light. With pomp, with glory, with magnificence ! in I have seed 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - Страниц: 424
...scorn to own ?) A tutelar fond voice, a savior tone of love. CHARLES TURNER. FRAGMENTS. THE SEA-SHORE. 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... | |
 | Henry Crabb Robinson, William Wordsworth - 1927 - Страниц: 582
...from Gebir the famous image of the sea-shell which he uses near the end of Book IV of 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, hi silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | Henry Crabb Robinson - 1927 - Страниц: 480
...from his ' Satire on Satirists'. Landor. 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 sraooth-lipp'd shell To which, in silence hush'd, hia very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | Eli Munk - 1927 - Страниц: 102
...Frieden und zur Einheit mit Gott sind individuell verschieden. Am besten jedoch spricht das Universum.16 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... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - 1927 - Страниц: 310
...justice wills, From palpable oppressions of despair. 20 (c) Bkiv, 1132-1187: LISTENING TO THE UNIVERSE 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... | |
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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... 
