 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 from...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Стр. 241815Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | George Burrowes - 1853 - Страниц: 542
...words of Wordsworth for expressing nobler emotions than they seem to have been intended to embody: "I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...cadences ! whereby To his belief, the monitor expressed Mysterous union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - Страниц: 716
...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...very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance sewn Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - Страниц: 314
...to everlasting ruin ! CHAPTER IV. tottnnu IBunBti unit <0uitlj. " I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for, murmuring from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - Страниц: 666
...birthplace moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " 1 have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - Страниц: 300
...Philadelphia, December I, 1841. * JfLlus CHARLES HARE: see dedication of ysES AT TRUTH, by Two Brothers.' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh (D.D.) - 1853 - Страниц: 314
...hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brisrlitened with joy; for, murmuring from within Were heard, sonorous cadences! whereby...his belief the Monitor expressed Mysterious union wilh its native sea— E'en such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith." THE spirit-world... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - Страниц: 630
...abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there." Wordsworth also ( in his "Excursion," Book IV.— " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...belief, the monitor expressed Mysterious union with his native Ma. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith; and there are times. I... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - Страниц: 588
...Felicity," as the Turks style their capital, and retreated with wounded dignity towards his own territories. I HAVE seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped ehell; To which in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen 'd intently, and his countenance soon Brighten'd... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1854 - Страниц: 366
...birthplace moan, as moam the ocean-fltell. 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... | |
 | Meta Lander - 1854 - Страниц: 344
...life again. " What an indescribable and almost mysterious beauty there is in the following passage : ' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of at smooth- lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance'... | |
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