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 murmurings... MacMillan's Magazine - Seite 204herausgegeben von - 1884Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 470 Seiten
...with jdy ; for murmurings from within Wen heard— «опогош cadences 1 whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native...shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith.— The Ex eurrion. Note 2, page 2, col. 2. I see an oak before me, &c. " I recollect hearing a traveller,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833
...for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear ot faith ; and doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things : Of ebb and flow, and ever.during... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 470 Seiten
...ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. I have eeen A curious chilil, who dwell upon a tract Of Inland ground, applying to his ear...convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in eilence hushed, hie very soul Listened intently, and hi« countenance soon Brightened with joy ; Гот... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836
...the proof. In this last point, as in those which precede, Genius stands before us a willing witness. I have seen "A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, —... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1836 - 38 Seiten
...mankind. Batter it, bruize it, blacken it at will, It hath its weight and precious substance still. Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 374 Seiten
...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 Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837
...august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' The passage from ' The Excursion ' is this — ' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon _ Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837
...abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' The passage from ' The Excursion ' is this— 1 1 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 732 Seiten
...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-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely; and his countenance... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 732 Seiten
...By the inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! mate to cheer, Pass widow'd nights and joyless days, While Willie's far frae Logan car The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd... | |
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