 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - Страниц: 666
...moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " 1 have 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 intently, and his countenance... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - Страниц: 300
...December I, 1841. * JfLlus CHARLES HARE: see dedication of ysES AT TRUTH, by Two Brothers.' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh (D.D.) - 1853 - Страниц: 314
...cadences! whereby To his belief the Monitor expressed Mysterious union wilh its native sea— E'en such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith." THE spirit-world is inhabited by beings of a social order, which communicate with each other ; do they... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - Страниц: 374
...rejoicing secretly In the sublime attractions of the Grave. THE RESPONSES OF EXTERNAL NATURE. I HAVE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
 | 1918 - Страниц: 934
..."Excursion" when I think of the true attitude to the slowly evolving history of man. "I have seen [he says] A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed •L'fysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the Universe itself Is to the ear of faith;... | |
 | Robert Crookall - 1969 - Страниц: 204
...smiling upon me * See pp. 54, 104. t Compare Wordsworth, who said : "I have seen A curious child . . . applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, liix very Soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were... | |
 | Daniel A. Dombrowski - 1988 - Страниц: 174
...God — of God they are.13 But concerning a seashell he says, at the same period in his career, that: Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings (A invisible things.14 Divine perfection... | |
 | Mary Caroline Richards - 1989 - Страниц: 196
...Wordsworth has written a passage which suggests the magnitude of our listening power : I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...universe itself Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart I 16 The ear of Faith is, I suggest, the ear of one... | |
 | David P. Haney - 2010 - Страниц: 289
...of invisible things" as the child, committing an empirical "error" listens to a shell: I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...universe itself Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things. (4.1132-44) Similarly,... | |
 | Donna Farhi - 1996 - Страниц: 260
...homecoming. May each breath be like a footstep bringing you back to the home of yourself. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract of inland...whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with it's native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times,... | |
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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... 
