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... In Memoriam - Pagina 67di Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 210 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Thomas Griffith - 1880 - 160 pagine
...Itself, as. that Itself exists.'— F. Newman, Cent. Rev. Oct. 1878. Compare Tennyson, In Mem. xliv. : ' As he grows he gathers much And learns the use of...not what I see," And other than the things I touch. ' It is curious to observe how Mr. Clifford, notwithstanding the wonderful clearness and beauty of... | |
| 1882 - 630 pagine
...justness and wisdom of thought, at such a growth of consciousness occurring in the l".v ning of our life: The baby, new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that ." this is I." But as lie grows lie... | |
| Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 pagine
...each one to learn himself, — possibly as preparatory to learning other things hereafter. He says : The baby new to earth and sky What time his tender...gathers much, And learns the use of ' I ' and ' me, ' Jjid finds, ' I am not what I see, And otht' than the things I touch. ' So rounds he to a separate... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1883 - 740 pagine
...round, resolve the doubt ; My guardian angel will speak out In that high place, and tell thee all. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender..." But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the us of " I," and " me," And finds " I am not what I see, And other than the things I touch." So rounds... | |
| Noah Porter - 1883 - 714 pagine
...his tender palm Is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Ha* never thought that this Is I . Bnt as he grows, he gathers much, And learns the use of...not what I see, And other than the things I touch ; Bo rounds he to a separate mind. From whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds... | |
| Frederick Denison Maurice - 1883 - 202 pagine
...poet, very appropriate to my present subject, will tell you how that secret was brought home to him. The Baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the hreast, Has never thought that this is I: But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the use of 'I'... | |
| Edward Judson - 1883 - 654 pagine
...consciousness of his being and power. " But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the use of '/' and 'Me' And finds ' I am not what I see, And other than the things I touch.' " In the history of a social body, as well as of the human infant, the period of self-consciousness... | |
| 1883 - 822 pagine
...only complete when the first-born of the first pair attained to self-consciousness, and had felt, " I am not what I see, and other than the things I touch." We are then restricted to our self-knowledge for our knowledge of personality, and we are wholly unable... | |
| Constance Caroline W. Naden - 1883 - 92 pagine
...his own cosmos. It comes into embryonic existence with his very first gleam of conscious life, — ' What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the breast, ' — and developes with his development, as he gradually learns to combine its lights and shades into... | |
| Alfred Williams Momerie - 1883 - 178 pagine
...personal agency and aims, and especially, perhaps, as Ueberweg suggests, from our sense of duty. " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, He never thought that this is I. But as he grows, he gathers... | |
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