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" What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He looked — Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The... "
The poetical works of William Wordsworth. New and complete annotated ed ... - Page 21
by William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870
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The Excursion: A Poem

William Wordsworth - 1841 - 400 pages
...means, has taught To feel intensely, cannot but receive. Such was the Boy— but for the growing Youth What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some...the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces could...
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Supplementary Verses

Chandos Leigh - 1841 - 216 pages
...marsh." ---Foster, on Popular Ignorance, P. 42. 1. 7. He who beholds with joy (the mist unroll'd.) What soul was his, when from the naked top Of some...beheld the sun Rise up and bathe the world in light ! Wordsworth; Excursion, BI G P. 44. 1. 13. In the rude hind what worth intreasured lies. Tous les...
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The London University Magazine, Volume 1

1842 - 416 pages
...to recognize The moral properties and scope of things. Such was the boy ; but for the growing youth What soul was his ! when from the naked top Of some...the solid frame of earth, And ocean's liquid mass, beneath them lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces could...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1

John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...for reprobation, beginning — " Oh then what soul was his, when, on the tops Of the high mountains, he beheld the sun Rise up and bathe the world in light!") P. 13, 8vo. ed. — while I reverence the purity of intention, and devotional love of nature, which...
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The English Journal of Education, Volume 1

George Moody - 1843 - 444 pages
...[A continuation of " The Boyhood, &c.," in p. 63.] Such was the Boy, — but for the growing.Youth What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some...the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He look'd Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness...
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Walks in the Country

Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 pages
...— foster, on Popular Ignorance. P. 136, line 9. lit wlid heliotili with joy (the miitt unroH'd). " What soul was his, when from the naked top Of some...beheld the sun Rise up and bathe the world in light ! " WOBDSIVORTH ; ExcUTtion, bi K 2 P. 128, line 13. in (he rude hind what worth intrecaured liet....
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The North American Review, Volume 59

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pages
...passages in the poem, — that, for instance, which describes the sensations of the " growing youth," " When, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he...beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light," — are quoted only to be qualified with the title of " stuff." It is the incapacity to discern merit,...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...words alone, a pile that ne'er decays. A YOUTHFUL POET CONTEMPLATING NATURE. FOB the growing youth, What soul was his, when from the naked top Of some...the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He look'd — Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid masŤ, beneath him lay In gladness...
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Memoirs of Alexander Bethune: Embracing Selections from His Correspondence ...

Alexander Bethune - 1845 - 402 pages
...upon some minds, I recited that noble passage in the first book of the Excursion beginning : — " What soul was his, when from the naked top Of some...the sun Rise up and bathe the world in light !* he could not enter into its spirit — could indeed hardly regard it as other than a piece of senti•...
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A System of Intellectual Philosophy

Asa Mahan - 1845 - 348 pages
...contemplation of it excites in our minds : " 0 then what soul was his, when on the tops Of the high mountains he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He look'd — Ocean and Earth, the solid frame of Earth, And Ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness...
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