...scene 14 Of mirth and jocund din. And, when it chanced That pauses of deep silence mock'd his skilJ, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprize Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents, or the visible scene Would...

...wild scene Of mirth and jocund din. And when it chanced That pauses.of deep silence mock'd his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprize Has carried far into his heart the voice • Is neither epitaph nor monument, • Tomb-stone...

...the plantation for immortality :— " When it chanced That pauses of deep silence mock'd his skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening,...unawares into hiS mind With all its solemn imagery," &e. The boy dies, and this historian tells us: — "I believe that often-times, A long half-hour together,...

...his skill, Then sometimes in that silence, ivhile he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprize Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene* * Mr. Wordsworth's having judiciously adopted " concourse wild" in this passage for " a wild scene"...

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...atmosphere, and motions of the lightest breeze, and subject to agitation only from the winds — • The visible scene • Would enter unawares into his...heaven received Into the bosom of the steady lake ! It must be noticed, as a favourable characteristic of the lakes of this country, that, though several...

...skill, Then, sometimes, in that silence, while be bung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Hoi carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter mautaret into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Iff woods, and that uncertain heaven,...

...concourse wild Of mirth, and jocund din. And when itcbanc'd, That pauses of deep silence mock'd his skill, Then sometimes in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Htu Carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene* "Mr. Wordworth's...

...keeping the original signification full in the mind. Thus Milton again ; "Prepare thou for another scene." Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rockt, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake." The second...

...concourse wild Of jocund din ! And, when there came a pause Of silence such as baffled his best skill : Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening,...surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain-torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery,...