As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on... Poems - Page 30by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - Religion and science - 1852 - 390 pages
...and alone, on the side of a mountain, so as to verify the beautiful description of the poet, — " As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy, , * Saussure, "Voyage dans les Alpes," torn. iv. p. 414. Ure, "New System of Geology," Lond. 1829,... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
...unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. Asa huge stone is sometimes seen to He Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to...endued with sense : \\ Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
| Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray haira. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie, Couched on...and whence ; So that it seems a thing endued with senso : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself.... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...The oldest Man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. V a huge Stone is sometimes seen to lie Coached on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who...endued with sense : like a Sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or saod reposeth, there to sun itself; i seemed this Man, not all alive nor... | |
| Edwin Lees - Malvern Hills (England : Mountains) - 1856 - 358 pages
...northern precipice, seen in solitary dignity, it makes a bold appearance on the edge of the hill : " As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense: Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." Wordsworth. From very ancient times... | |
| Edwin Lees - Malvern Hills (England : Mountains) - 1856 - 360 pages
...come, and whence ; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." Wordsworth. From very ancient times uncouth and monstrous fragments of rock and isolated stones, as... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 pages
...picture compared with that produced by their being thus connected with, and opposed to, each other ! * As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun himself. Such seemed this Man ; not all alive or dead Nor all asleep, in his extreme old age. *******... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...down my fancy thus was driven, And I with these untoward thoughts had striven.— Edit. 1815. * As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself ; Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
| WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...drew, He being all the while before me Ml in view. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couch'd on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy By what means it could thither coiue, and whence, So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawl'd forth, which... | |
| William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...drew. He being all the while before me full in view. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couch'd on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy By what means it could thither corne, and wher."o, So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast erawl'd forth, which... | |
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