THERE was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles of years. The Study of Animal Life - Page 339by John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
| Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...you, and the leaves to rustic for you. do my wordt refuse to glisten and rustle for you." The Child. " There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon aud received with wonder, pity, love or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...you, and the leaves to rustle for yon, do my word» refuse to glisten and rustle for you." The ChiU. " There was a child went forth every day, And the first object ho looked upon aud received with wonder, pity, love or dread, that object he became, And that object... | |
| England - 1866 - 908 pages
...you, and the leaves to rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for you. The Child. "There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder, pity, love or dread, that object he became, . And that object became part... | |
| Walt Whitman - American poetry - 1868 - 464 pages
...the end ; But the hot sun of the South is to ripen my songs. WALT WHITMAN. ASSIMILATIONS. /"T~VHERE was a child went forth every day ; -*- And the first...or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. 2. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and... | |
| Literature - 1881 - 1008 pages
...theme, describing the process of growth by sympathy and absorption, which thus begins and ends : " There was a child went forth every day ; And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became; And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part... | |
| American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 pages
...toward eternity ; Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the Soul. THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH. THERE was a child went forth every day; And the first...or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red... | |
| American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...; You furnish your parts toward eternity ; Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the Soul. THERE was a child went forth every day; And the first...a > certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red... | |
| Sylvia (pseud.) - 1881 - 148 pages
...these after a shower, and with the sun shining on them, has seen one of those sights that " become part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years," according to idiosyncrasy. Beyond and above all these lower glories of... | |
| Periodicals - 1883 - 680 pages
...thefollowiugisadmirable:— ' There was a child wont forth every day : And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became ; And that object became...or a certain part of the day, Or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh and... | |
| Periodicals - 1883 - 436 pages
...expense of eflectiveness. To take but asingle illustration. The thought of thefollowingis admirable:— ' There was a child went forth every day : And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became ; And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part... | |
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