 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
 | 1857 - 336 páginas
...into the heart of poet to conceive, — beautiful in itself and sublime in its application : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped phell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely, and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 páginas
...The music in my heart I hore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reffiar.' 1 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 Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...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... | |
 | Eli Munk - 1927 - 102 páginas
...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... | |
 | Henry Crabb Robinson - 1927 - 480 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - 1927 - 310 páginas
...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... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1928 - 888 páginas
...— 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... | |
 | Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk - 1896 - 440 páginas
...a człowieka do zupełnego ich zrozumienia. To wyobrażenie Wordswortha widoczne w poemacie: Faith. I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, appłying to his ear The conyolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very... | |
 | 1918 - 934 páginas
..."Excursion" when I think of the true attitude to the slowly evolving history of man. "I have seen [he says] 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... | |
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