 He with a smile did then his words repeat ; And said, that gathering leeches, far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side, But they have dwindled long by...  The Living Age - Page 961912Full view - About this book
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may." While Tie was talking thus, the lonely place, The old man's shape, and speech, all troubled me : In... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1874 - 344 pages
...lakes of Cumberland, it is there rapidly disappearing. Wordsworth makes his " leech-gatherer " say : " Once I could meet with them on every side, But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may." The supply for surgical purposes forms an important article of foreign commerce, many millions being... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1878 - 846 pages
...be comforted, My question eagerly did I renew, " How is it that you live, and what is it you do ?" But they have dwindled long by slow decay ; Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may." While he was talking thus, the lonely place, The old Man's shape, and speech, — all troubled me :... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the Pools where they abide. ' Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may. " While he was talking thus, the lonely place, The Old-man's shape, and speech, all troubled me : In... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the Pools where they abide. " Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may." While he was talking thus, the lonely place, The Old-man's shape, and speech, all troubled me : In... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1881 - 600 pages
...habitats, and — "The waters of the pools where they abide Once I could meet with them on every side, Bat they have dwindled long by slow decay, Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.' And BO they talk together, the old man and his visitor — "and when he ended, I could have laughed... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the ponds where they abide. ' Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.' " While he was talking thus, the lonely place, The old man's shape, and speech, all troubled me ; In... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1880 - 282 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. ' Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...Yet still I persevere, and find them where I may.," The suctorial leech sucks the blood willingly of all the vertebrate animals; to accomplish which it... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 618 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. u Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they...decay ; Yet still I persevere, and find them where 1 may. xix. While he was talking thus, the lonely place, The old Man's shape, and speech — all troubled... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 pages
...far and wide He travelled ; stirring thus about his feet The waters of the pools where they abide. Once I could meet with them on every side ; But they have dwindled long by slow decay; Yet still l persevere, and find them ' may. While he was talking thus, the lonely place. The old man's shape,... | |
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