 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 Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian - Página 4991847Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 páginas
...Excursion" of Wordsworth occurs the following exquisite passage : — " I haro seen A curious child, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd...shell. To which, in silence hush'd. his very soul LUten'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten 'd with joy ; for murmuring from within Were heard... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 390 páginas
...pas•age : — i " I have seen A curious child, applying to his ear The convolutions of a sinooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul...intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy j for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express*d... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 páginas
...poet Wordsworth, in one of his most beautiful strains of imagery, " I have seen A curious child, that 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 intently; and his countenance... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 páginas
...For to him, at this stage of his existence, might have been fitly applied Wordsworth's lines ; — " 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 William Lester - 1848 - 112 páginas
...take this fine passage on a seashell, and observe how strikingly this opinion is borne out : — 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The conTolutions of a smooth lipped shell ; To which in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely;... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 242 páginas
...Poet Wordsworth, in one of his most beautiful strains of imagery, " I have seen A curious child, that 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 intently ; and his countenance... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 páginas
...By the inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! & BrightenM with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard,—sonorous cadences ! whereby To his belief,... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1850 - 372 páginas
...dreamed that they told of the rising tide. Our philosophic poet Wordsworth alluded to this : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a thick-lipp'd shell, To which in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 páginas
...the glory of its illuminating sun. " I have seen," says the poet Wordsworth, A curious child, that 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 intently ; and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 páginas
...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul , Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened Friend,' Vol. I. p. 183. - HR1 Note 6, p. 583. "...Knowing the heart of Man it get Io ,'» ," &C. The passa expressed Mysterious union with its native Sea.* Even such a Shell the Universe itself Is to the ear... | |
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