 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...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 241815Full view - About this book
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1831 - 510 pages
...hirth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully deKribei I have Km A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to hia ear The convolutions of a imooth-lippetl shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 388 pages
...hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 382 pages
...hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous cadences! whereby, To his belief, the monitor express'd Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 pages
...ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. I have eeen A curious chilil, who dwell upon a tract Of Inland ground, applying to his ear...convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in eilence hushed, hie very soul Listened intently, and hi« countenance soon Brightened with joy ; Гот... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836 - 740 pages
...the proof. In this last point, as in those which precede, Genius stands before us a willing witness. I have seen "A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, —... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1836 - 398 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 Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - 606 pages
...august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' The passage from ' The Excursion ' is this — ' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon _ Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his... | |
 | 1837 - 602 pages
...abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.' The passage from ' The Excursion ' is this— 1 1 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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 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...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...By the inferior faculty that moulds, With her minute and speculative pains, Opinion, ever changing ! mate to cheer, Pass widow'd nights and joyless days, While Willie's far frae Logan car The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell ; To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd... | |
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