 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 372 pages
...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... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 pages
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 602 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Sights - 1844 - 104 pages
...all of which deserve examination. A single shell may afford much pleasure. Wordsworth says : — " I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ; whereby To his belief the monitor expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...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...soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Munnurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the... | |
 | Edward Brown - 1845 - 154 pages
... / , ECHOES OF NATURE. NATURE. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...ever changing ! I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a traet Of inland ground, applying to hia ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To...within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressedMysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1845 - 104 pages
...adamant. Lured by the beauty of the night to roam, With sauntering steps young MARO left his home ; — * "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... | |
 | Edward Brown - 1845 - 152 pages
...3 3433 07581022 0 ECHOES I OF NAT 'TJ K E. 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... | |
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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... 
