 It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea. Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his...  The Student's Treasury of English Song ... - Page 493by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 pages
...adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with...appear'st untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year ; And worshipp'st at the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1848 - 242 pages
...time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly !" — WORDSWORTH. There is the feeling, if not the audible sense, of a similar sound among the mountains,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 378 pages
...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with...Child ! dear Girl ! that walkest with me here. If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1849 - 346 pages
...time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, . And doth with...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly." Yes, silence in such a scene becomes vocal. The heart listens while God himself speaks. His infinite... | |
 | 1907 - 708 pages
...tranquil sunset and the gentleness of heaven over the face of the waters, he suddenly exclaims : Listen I the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly. The quick transition from the contemplation of the peaceful scene to the thought of the omnipresent... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...broad sun Is sinking down in tranquillity ; The gentleness of Ьеатеп is on the sea. Listen 1 the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...like thunder — everlastingly^ Dear child! dear girl 1 that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea; Listen! • — the mighty Being is awake. And doth...with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingI^. Dear child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear'st untouch'd... | |
 | John Wright - 1853 - 142 pages
...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with...Child ! dear Girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn thought Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...thunder — everlastingly. Dear Child ! dear Girl, that standest with me here ! If thou appear untouch'd with serious thought, Thy nature is not therefore... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 234 pages
...sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : But list ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...thunder — everlastingly. Dear Child ! dear Girl, that standest with me here ! If thou appear untouch'd with serious thought, Thy nature is not therefore... | |
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