 | Sights - 1844 - 104 pages
...all of which deserve examination. A single shell may afford much pleasure. Wordsworth says : — " I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ; whereby To his belief the monitor expressed... | |
 | Edward Brown - American poetry - 1845 - 154 pages
... / , ECHOES OF NATURE. NATURE. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...ever changing ! I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a traet Of inland ground, applying to hia ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To...with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressedMysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself... | |
 | Edward Brown - American poetry - 1845 - 152 pages
...3 3433 07581022 0 ECHOES I OF NAT 'TJ K E. 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... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1845 - 104 pages
...adamant. Lured by the beauty of the night to roam, With sauntering steps young MARO left his home ; — * "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 intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1846 - 430 pages
...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...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joj : for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...change disdaining, takes its course Along the line of limitless desires. 63 A CHILD WITH A SHELL. I RAVE 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 intensely ! and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 pages
...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...with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. ^ Even such a shell the universe... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 pages
...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...with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1847 - 374 pages
...The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reaper.1 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe... | |
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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... 
