 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 Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian - Page 4991847Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 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...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 - 670 pages
...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... | |
 | England - 1843 - 844 pages
...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,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1825 - 224 pages
...birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard—sonorous... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 360 pages
...birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance soon Brighten'd with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard —... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1827 - 256 pages
...birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard —... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1827 - 528 pages
...birth-place moan, as moans the ocean-shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...To which, in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen'd intently, and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard —... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 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...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 Wordsworth - 1827 - 452 pages
...To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard, —...sonorous cadences ! whereby To his belief, the Monitor expressed i 5 Mysterious union with its native Sea. Even such a Shell the Universe itself Is to the... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 234 pages
...biith-ptace moan, as moans the ocean shell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...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... | |
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