 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 sidor
...Love, 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...monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. E'en such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 sidor
...rejoicing secretly . In the sublime attractions of the Grave. THE RESPONSES OF EXTERNAL NATURE. I HATE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a. tract Of inland...monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. E'en such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1854 - 630 sidor
...abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there." Wordsworth also ( in his "Excursion," Book IV.— " I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...belief, the monitor expressed Mysterious union with his native Ma. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith; and there are times. I... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 sidor
...Felicity," as the Turks style their capital, and retreated with wounded dignity towards his own territories. I HAVE seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract...applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped ehell; To which in silence hush'd, his very soul Listen 'd intently, and his countenance soon Brighten'd... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1854 - 366 sidor
...birthplace moan, as moam the ocean-fltell. Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described — " 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 intently, and his countenance... | |
 | Meta Lander - 1854 - 340 sidor
...life again. " What an indescribable and almost mysterious beauty there is in the following passage : ' I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of at smooth- lipped shell, To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance'... | |
 | 1854 - 870 sidor
...present a poetic creation of a similar character from Wordsworth, and suggest a comparison : — • '• I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying tu his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened... | |
 | 1854 - 440 sidor
...things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands." A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his car The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To his belief the monitor expressed , Mysterious union... | |
 | Herschel S. Porter - 1854 - 412 sidor
...significant of Him whose invisibility lies far beyond human ken. " I have seen A curious child, that dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolution* of a smooth-lipped shell, To which, in silence bushed, his very soul Listened intently... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 sidor
...from which the ear of Faith can hear mysterious murmurings of the Deity. * Excursion, book iv. p. 432. "I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract...intensely; — and his countenance soon Brightened with joy j for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the monitor expressed... | |
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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... 
