 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 214 pagine
...picture compared with that produced by their being thus connected 5 with, and opposed to, each other ! < As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...espy By what means it could thither come, and whence, 10 So that it seems a thing endued with sense, /Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf '... | |
 | 1915 - 556 pagine
...man whom he meets upon the lonely moor is the embodiment of perpetual calm. He is like a huge stone sometimes seen to lie couched on the bald top of an eminence, or like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf of rock or sand reposeth there to sun itself. He... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1893 - 120 pagine
...picture compared with that 15 produced by their being thus connected with and opposed to, each other ! As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy 20 By what means it could thither come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endued with sense, Like... | |
 | 1893 - 304 pagine
...The road is pretty and well-shaded with fine trees, beneath one of which lies a huge boulder, — " Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence." At the top of the hill on the right lies the entrance gate to Wood Hall. This house, unfortunately... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1894 - 394 pagine
...a poetical as well as of a scientific treatment. Wordsworth describes his leechgatherer as standing As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all that do the same espy, By what means it could thither come and whence ; So that it seems a thing endued... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 614 pagine
...eye of heaven, I saw a man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...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... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1895 - 530 pagine
...of heaven, 551 saw a nijin before me unawares: The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on...of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy, e0 By what means it could thither come, and whence : So that it seems a thing endued with sense; —... | |
 | Kenyon West - 1895 - 588 pagine
...me unawares: The oldest man he seemed that ever wore gray hairs. Wonder to all who do the same espy. As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf By what means it could thither come, and whence,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 pagine
...further on is a symbol of a different kind. On the top of a rounded knoll lies a monstrous boulder — Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a. shelf Of rock or sand reposcth, there to sun itself. A noble chair it would make for [a professor of geology. To me it recalls... | |
 | Alan W. Bellringer, C. B. Jones - 1980 - 176 pagine
...connected with, and opposed to, each other! — 'As a huge sione is sometimes seen to tie Couched on ihe bald top of an eminence. Wonder to all who do the...By what means it could thither come. and whence So thai ii seems a thine endued with sense. Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shell Of rock or... | |
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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... 
