 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...an eminence; Wonder lo nil 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 saud reposcth, there lo sun itself; x, Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 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 ; Such seemed this man, not all alivenordead,... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1873 - 306 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." Yes; but the next time you see such... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...further on is a symbol of a different kind. On the top of a rounded knoll lies a monstrous boulder— Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself. A noble chair it would make for [a professor of geology. To me it recalls an eastern legend... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1874 - 336 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." WORDSWOKTH. EW of my fellow story-tellers... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 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. " Scattered stones in \\iltshire are... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1877 - 296 pages
...of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy By what means it hath 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.' But no doubt the truths of geology,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1878 - 1112 pages
...same espy By what means it could thither come, and whence, So thnt it seems a thing endued with seu^e, Like a sea-beast crawled forth, which on a shelf Of...his extreme old age. Motionless as a cloud the old Miui stood, That heareth not the loud winds when they call. And moveth altogether if it move at all."... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 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 ; Such seemed this Man, not all alive... | |
 | John Ellor Taylor - 1879 - 294 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." The amount of wear-and-tear due... | |
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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... 
