| Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 666 páginas
...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 inland 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 - 300 páginas
...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... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - 630 páginas
...murmurs as the ocean murmurs there." Wordsworth also ( in his "Excursion," Book IV.— " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
| Meta Lander - 1854 - 364 páginas
...What an indescribable and almost mysterious beauty there is in the following passage : * I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy. For murmurings from, within Were heard, — sonorous cadences, whereby To his belief the monitor expressed... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 páginas
...rejoicing secretly In the sublime attractions of the Grave. THE RESPONSES OF EXTERNAL NATURE. I HAVE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
| Meta Lander - 1854 - 338 páginas
...mysterious beauty there is in the following passage : * I hare seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a iract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy. For murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences, whereby To his belief the monitor expressed... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 páginas
...Turks style their capital, and retreated with wounded dignity towards his own territories. I HAVE seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground...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... | |
| Meta Lander - 1854 - 340 páginas
...What an indescribable and almost mysterious beauty there is in the following passage : ' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of 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'... | |
| 1854 - 440 páginas
...things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands." A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To his belief the monitor expressed , Mysterious union... | |
| 1854 - 870 páginas
...creation of a similar character from Wordsworth, and suggest a comparison : — • '• I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying tu his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
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