 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...who do the same espy By what means it could 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 to san itself. Such seemed this man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep, in his extreme old age :... | |
 | 1865 - 448 pages
...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 shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; — Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pages
...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 shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; x Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...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 shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself; x. Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pages
...of an eminence, Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thithor come, and whence, So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like...on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself : Such seemed this man, not all alivo nor dead, IS'or all asleep, in his extreme old age : His... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1866 - 508 pages
...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...sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand repoeeth, there to sun itself; Such seemed this man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep ; in his... | |
 | 1866 - 492 pages
...of an eminence; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could hither come, and whence ; So that it seems a thing endued with sense: Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." Wordtworth't " Excursion." Thought... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...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 shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." To the civilized poet, the fancy becomes... | |
 | Geological Society of Glasgow - 1868 - 290 pages
...quartzose rock is seen resting near the summit of the conical hill of Dunglass, in an isolated position. "Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself." It has probably been dropped by some iceberg that struck upon this sunken rock, as it was... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 622 pages
...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...on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself. Such seemed this man, not all alive nor dead, Nor all asleep, in his extreme old age : His... | |
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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... 
