 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 страници
...to principles of truth, Which the imaginative will upholds In seats of wisdom, not to be approach'd By the inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute...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 Cumming - 1858 - 628 страници
...GARDEV 9 AUTHOR OF "VOICES OF THE NIGHT," " CHRI3T RECEIVING SINNERS," "SCRIPTURK READINGS," ETC. BTC. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, hia very soul Listened intently, and his countenance Brightened with joy ; for within were heard Murmurings,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - 424 страници
...from which the ear of Faith can hear mysterious murmurings of the Deity. * Excursion, book iv. p. 432. "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 soul Listened intensely ; — and his... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 322 страници
...into the heart of poet to conceive, — beautiful in itself and sublime in its application : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for, murmuring from within, "Were heard sonorous cadences, whereby To his belief the monitor expressed Mysterious... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 страници
...into the heart of poet to conceive,—beautiful in itself and sublime in its application :—• " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for, murmuring from within, . Were heard sonorous cadences, whereby To his belief the monitor expressed... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 страници
...embodied by a poet's words, — a passage in the " Excursion" presenting the same image : — • " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...intensely, and his countenance soon Brightened with joyj for, murmurings from within, Were heard sonorous cadences, whereby, To his belief, the monitor... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 страници
...regarded as the Avatar of the time ; and they find the answer in such passages as the following : " 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 from within were heard Muruiurings, whereby... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 страници
...be overlooked that Wordsworth conveys the idea still more fully : — " I have seen A curious child applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for, murmuring from within, Wore heard sonorous cadences, whereby, To his belief, the monitor exprcss'd... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 страници
...material universe, is a shell, from which the ear of Faith can hear mysterious murmurings of the J)eity. "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 soul Listened intensely; — and his countenance... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 страници
...SHELLS, AND THEIR BUILDERS. " I have seen A curious child applying to his ear The convolutions of ;i smooth-lipped shell To which in silence hushed, his...very soul Listened intensely, and his countenance toon Brightened with joy ; for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous cadences, whereby. To bis... | |
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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... 
