As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on... Poems - Page 30by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...of heaven I saw a man before me unawares — The oldest man he seemed that ever W gray hairs. XX. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...to all who do the same espy By what means it could hither come, a* whence ; So that it seems a thing endued with sen*" Like a sea-beast crawled forth,... | |
| John Ellor Taylor - Botany - 1879 - 294 pages
...produced mainly by the powerful icetools in operation during the period we have referred to, — " As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense, Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth — there to sun itself." The amount of wear-and-tear due... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. As a huge Stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense : Like a Sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself ; Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 618 pages
...their being thus connected with, and opposed to, each other ! "As a huge stone is sometimes seen to He Couched on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to...forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, thereto sun himself. Such seemed this Man ; not all alive or dead Nor all asleep, in his extreme old... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1880 - 330 pages
...low desires : A man who without self-control Would seek what the degraded soul Unworthily admires. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; .Such seemed this man, not all alive... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 pages
...eye of heaven 1 saw a man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself ; Such seemed this man, not all alivenordead,... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1880 - 356 pages
...boulders are, let a great poet testify ; for the fact has not escaped the delicate eye of Wordsworth : As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense ; Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself. To the civilised poet, the fancy becomes... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880 - 354 pages
...man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the hald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same...So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-heast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; Such seemed... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1881 - 732 pages
...heaven I saw a Man before me unawares . The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. IX. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself ; x. Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
| Charles Kingsley - Education - 1882 - 428 pages
...are, let a great poet testify ; for the fact has not escaped the delicate eye of Wordsworth : " As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense ; Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." To the civilised poet, the fancy becomes... | |
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