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... Beauties of English Landscape - Página 2061874 - 301 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 372 páginas
...birthplace moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a"shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described : — "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 Listened intently, and his countenance... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 páginas
...the most intolerant of that school of critics, who vainly attempted to write and sneer him down. " 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 sold Listened intensely; and his countenance... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 páginas
...hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brightcn'd with joy ; 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... | |
| 1843 - 602 páginas
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " 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 Lbttn'd intensely, and his countenance... | |
| John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 páginas
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " 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... | |
| Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 páginas
...birthplace moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " 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 intently, and his countenance... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 páginas
...Landor. I have written some worse myself. L. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion : " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland eround, applying to his ear The convolutions ot a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 páginas
...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...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Munnurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.... | |
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