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...gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To...knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew), (254) • t He quits his cell; the pilgrim-staff he bore, And fixed the scallop in his hat before;...

...supplied, And dee]> the waves beneath the bending glide." And again, the much-disputed passage, — " To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To...wandering o'er the nightly dew). He quits his cell." The image conveyed to our minds by the first couplet is most indistinct ; and with respect to the others,...

...And deep the waves beneath the bending glide." And again, the much-disputed passage, — " To dear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books or swains report it rigbt ; (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew)....

...gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To...swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone tho world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew,) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim-staff...

...gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side ; And glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To...wandering o'er the nightly dew.) He quits his cell ; the pilgrim staff he bore, And fix'd the scallop in his hat before ; Then with the sun a rising journey...

...gives the opinions of Johnson, Boswell, and Malone, along with his own respecting its meaning : — " To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To...right ; For yet by swains alone the world he knew." It appears to me that all difficulty will be removed if we suppose or in the second line to have taken...

...own respecting its meaning : — " To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if Looks or swains report it right ; For yet by swains alone the world he knew." It appears to me that all difficulty will be removed if we suppose or in the second line to have taken...

...gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To...He quits his cell ; the pilgrim-staff he bore, And fixed the scallop in his hat before ; Then, with the rising sun, a journey went, Sedate to think, and...

...which Boswell solemnly submitted for Johnson's critical opinion. It occurs in the following lines : — "To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books and swains report it right ; For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er...