The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that "this is I;" But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the use of "I" and "me," And finds "I am not what I see, And other than... In Memoriam - Page 67by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 126 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1884 - 656 pages
...the larger experiences of its friends. " Bat, as he grows, he gathers much, And learns the use of <!' and 'me;' And finds ' I am not what I see, And other...separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, Aa through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined." And as childhood glides into youth,... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...between himself and his surroundings he could not advance a single step." * " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against...not what I see, And other than the things I touch." t • See Furrar. Chapters on Language, p. 62. f In Uemuriam, sec. 44. The perception of the difference... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought...gathers much, And learns the use of " I," and " me," f^ And finds " I am not what I see, And other than the things I touch " : > So rounds he to a separate... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pages
...0 turn thee round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out XLIT. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against...things I touch :' So rounds he to a separate mind Prom whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined*... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought...he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may oe£rm, As through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood... | |
| George Henry Lewes - Physiology - 1860 - 438 pages
...sensations to special localities. It has not yet conceived the idea of externality. " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against...separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin, As through the frame that binds him in, His isolation grows defined." * The infant world is wholly subjective.... | |
| College students' writings, American - 1860 - 452 pages
...possibility as this, — The baby new to earth and >ky, What time his tender palm is pressed Againbt the circle of the breast, Has never thought that "...And finds " I am not what I see, And other than the thing I touch :" So moulds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As through the... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - Comparative linguistics - 1860 - 292 pages
...remarkable than his profound learning and metaphysical accuracy — truly says : " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the breast, Hath never thought that ' This is I : ' thought could not exist. When we cannot express what we mean,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought...separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood and breath,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...high place, and tell thee all. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought...things I touch : " So rounds he to a separate mind Prom whence clear memory may begin, As through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
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