As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 92by William Wordsworth - 1828 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...saw a man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. As a huge atone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of...thither come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endned with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. IX As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; x Such seemed this Man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep — in... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; x. Such seemed this Man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep —... | |
| 1865 - 448 pages
...thoughts had striven, I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; — Such seemed this Man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep, in... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...the fact has not escaped the delicate eye of Wordsworth : "As a huge stone is sometimes seen to He Couched on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to...sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." To the civilized poet, the fancy becomes a beautiful simile ; to a... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pages
...motionless : To the pool's farther margin then I drew, He being all the while before me full in view. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thithor come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth,... | |
| 1866 - 492 pages
...Couched on the bold top of an eminence; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could hither come, and whence ; So that it seems a thing endued...sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." Wordtworth't " Excursion." Thought is, of course, the life-containing... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...their being thus connected with, and opposed to, each other ! • A» a huge stone ti tometimet Mm to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy By what meani It conld thither come, and whence, Bo that It aeemi A thing endued with aenie, Like a tea-beast... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 pages
...picture compared with that produced by their being thus connected with, and opposed to, each other ! ' As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...same espy By what means it could thither come, and whenoc, So that it seems a thing endued with sense, Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1871 - 622 pages
...To the pool's further margin then I drew, He being all the while before me full in view. As a hnge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself. Such seemed this man, not all alive... | |
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