...From palpable oppressions of despair. 20 (c) Bkiv, 1132-1187: LISTENING TO THE UNIVERSE I HAVE seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland...native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself 10 Is to the ear of Faith; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings...

...Satire on Satirists'. Landor. So has Wordsworth. Attend to the echo in the Excursion. ' I have seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a sraooth-lipp'd shell To which, in silence hush'd, hia very soul Listen'd intensely, and his countenance...

...— you have never been — There is nothing at all but Me." From THE EXCURSION WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 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...

...picturing the inland child [128] putting a shell to its ear to hear the murmur, of distant seas, says : "Even such a shell the Universe itself Is to the ear of faith." It is not, however, a chief pursuit of this chapter to seek in any form proof of the existence of God....

...seen A curious child who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, appłying to his ear The conyolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intenseły; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for murmurings from within Were heard —...

..."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;...

...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...

...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,...

...as moans the ocean-shell. [1.36] Such a shell as Wordsworth has beautifully described. "I 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...

...his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for from within was heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. William Wordsworth The Excursion, Book IV, 1.1 132 Chapter 2 Attention Deficits: Attention Deficit/...