| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...awe-inspiring god ! Ibid. 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 1 Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.... | |
| August Tholuck - 1875 - 568 páginas
...habitation of God. " 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...silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently, and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for, murmuring from within, Were heard sonorous cadences,... | |
| Francis Martin Norman - 1875 - 210 páginas
...AFRICA, THIS WORK IB GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY JH SPEKE. 8. I have seen A curious child applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell, To...in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intently. Wordsworth. 9. In that day, how good and pleasant This poor world to have despised ; And how mournful,... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1875 - 374 páginas
..."—the lines are well-known— 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 within were heard Murmurings, whereby... | |
| Half hours - 1875 - 360 páginas
...sound heard from the shell when held close to the ear. "I have seen A curious child 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 murmuring from within Were heard sonorous... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...awe-inspiring god ! Ibid. 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 1 Compare The Borderers, ante, p. 436. Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 páginas
...heart retain. & 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...hushed, his very soul Listened intently ; — and his countenance Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, sonorous cadences ! whereby,... | |
| George Bruce - 1876 - 642 páginas
...changing ! — I have seen A curious child, which 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 nmrmnrings from within Were heard, sonorous... | |
| Robert Routledge - 1877 - 364 páginas
...who says : " '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 murmurtngs from within "Were heard —... | |
| Wonders - 1877 - 134 páginas
..." I have seen," he " 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 intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy: for murmurings from within Were heard, —... | |
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