...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the way-side As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. [ASCENT OF SNOWDON.] It was a close, warm, breezeless summer night, Wan, dull, and glaring, with a...

...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the way-side As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...and the light — • Were all like workings of one mir.d, the features Of the same face, blossoms upon one tree ; Characters of the great Apocalypse,...

...ten thousand stars, \ And the weak worm that feeds her lonely lamp, ' Couched in the dewy grass." * " Tumult and peace, the darkness and the light, —...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end." t When we run back expression in act to its last ground, we must come to the nature of the quality...

...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the wayside As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS IN CALLING FORTH AND STRENGTHENING THE IMAGINATION IN BOYHOOD AND EARLY...

...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the wayside As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...; Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. 1799. INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS IN CALLING FORTH AND STRENGTHENING THE IMAGINATION IN BOYHOOD AND...

...279 The unfettered clouds and region of the Heavens, Tumult and peace, the darkness and the lightWere all like workings of one mind, the features Of the...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without That night our lodging was a house that stood Alone within the valley, at a point Where, tumbling from...

...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the wayside As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. For the sake of comparison, here are two passages from Gray's letters, one describing the ascent to...

...As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect of the raving stream, 1 See p. из. The unfettered clouds and region of the Heavens, Tumult...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. That night our lodging was a house that stood Alone within the valley, at a point Where, tumbling from...

...The rocks that muttered close upon our ears, Black drizzling crags that spake by the wayside As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect...upon one tree, Characters of the great Apocalypse, 0 The types and symbols of Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. For the sake of...

...drizzling crags that spake by the wayside As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect ol the raving stream, The unfettered clouds and region...Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end. 1799. 1845. INFLUENCE OF NATURAL OBJECTS fS CALLING FORTH AND STRENGTHENING THE IMAGINATION IN BOYHOOD...