 | William Wordsworth - 1814 - Страниц: 476
...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...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... | |
 | 1815 - Страниц: 670
...example of his success in subduing a most untractable thought, and enriching himself with its spoils. * 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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1815 - Страниц: 558
...I have seen,' the poet says, and the illustration is an happy one : N 1 have seen A curious child, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard —... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 844
...have written some worse myself. Landor. — So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, his very BOU! Listen'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten'd urith joy ; for, murmuring from within,... | |
 | 1847 - Страниц: 648
...deserve careful examination. A single shell may afford much pleasure. A celebrated poet says, — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely ; and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy, for murmurings from within Were heard, —... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - Страниц: 360
...NOTES TO THE FOREST SANCTUARY. Note 1, page 4, line 14. Jlnd sighing through the feathery canes, l(c. The canes in some parts of the American forests form...very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - Страниц: 456
...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...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... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - Страниц: 234
...from North America, vol. ip 242. Note 2. And. for their biith-ptace moan, as moans the ocean shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described...convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell , To which, in silence kush'd, his very soul ListenM intently, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; lor murmuring... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - Страниц: 228
...hundred miles. — See Hodgson's Letters from North America, vol. ip 242. Note 3, page 182, line 5. And. for their birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell....curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applj mg lo his ear The convolutions of a smoolh-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - Страниц: 228
...America, vol. ip 242. Note 2, page 1 S3, lineS. And for their birth-place moan, as moani the (man-shell, Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described....ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a srnooth*iipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, 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... 
