 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 a...  The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth - Page 200by William Wordsworth - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - Religion and science - 1851 - 386 pages
...an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy, -) By what means it could hither come, or whence j So that it seems a thing endued with sense, Like a...shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." WOKDSWOBTH. De la Beche has paid particular attention to the circumstances in which deposits of gravel... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...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 the bald lop of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence... | |
 | 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...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 - 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...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 dead Nor all asleep — in... | |
 | 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...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.... | |
 | Edwin Lees - Malvern Hills (England : Mountains) - 1856 - 360 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...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...endued with sense, Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun himself. Such seemed this Man ; not all alive... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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 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... | |
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