 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...change disdaining, takes its course Along the line of limitless desires. A CHILD WITH A SHELL. I HATE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolution! of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 430 pages
...Poet Wordsworth, in one of his most beautiful strains of imagery, " I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joj : for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...change disdaining, takes its course Along the line of limitless desires. 63 A CHILD WITH A SHELL. I RAVE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 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...monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1847 - 404 pages
...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...monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. ^ Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not,... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - 1847 - 374 pages
...The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reaper.1 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ' The Excursion,' iv.J Exercise. On entering... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 pages
...poet Wordsworth, in one of his most beautiful strains of imagery, " I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy: for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 pages
...For to him, at this stage of his existence, might have been fitly applied Wordsworth's lines ; — " 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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1849 - 380 pages
...The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reaper.' 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy j for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 242 pages
...Poet Wordsworth, in one of his most beautiful strains of imagery, " I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joj : for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
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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... 
