 | Edwin Lees - 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...endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." Wordsworth. From very ancient times... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...and down my fancy thus was driven, And I with these untoward thoughts had striven.— Edit. 1815. * 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 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... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick S. Wiseman (card, abp. of Westminster.) - 1859 - 386 pages
...verify the beautiful description of the poet, — " As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couoh'd on the bald top of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy, * Saussure, "Voyage dans les A Ipes," tom. iv. p. 414. Ure, "New System of Geology :" Lond. 1829, p.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...saw a man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. As a huge atone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of...thither come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endned with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there... | |
 | 1865 - 448 pages
...thoughts had striven, 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs. IX 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; x Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...eye of heaven I saw a Man before me unawares : The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey 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; x. Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
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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... 
