 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 Western Messenger - Page 562edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...self-dispraise ; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Book iv. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby... | |
 | Matthew Simpson - American poetry - 1856 - 254 pages
...until the day Shows new cares upon thy way; Watchful is the Father's eye ! Good night ! Car of fait!. 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 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...inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of her smooth-lipped Shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance... | |
 | Rev. Alfred Barrett - 1856 - 206 pages
...tremblingly alive to suggestion should take wing from words like these : — " I have seen A curious child applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth,lipped...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmuring from within Were heard sonorous... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 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...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...material universe, is a shell, from which the ear of Faith can hear mysterious murmurings of the Deity. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; — and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pages
...The music in my heart I hore, Long after it was heard no more. WORDSWORTH. ' The Solitary Reffiar.' 1 have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, wherehy... | |
 | 1857 - 336 pages
...into the heart of poet to conceive, — beautiful in itself and sublime in its application : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped phell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely, and his countenance soon Brightened... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 350 pages
...guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. Examples of Middle Pitch. 1. I have seen A curious child,who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his...convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence touched, his very soul. Listened intently; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...been embodied by a poet's words, — a passage in the " Excursion " presenting the same image : — " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to her ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell, To which, in silence hush'd, her very soul Listen'd... | |
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