IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity . The gentleness of heaven is on the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with His eternal... English Sonnets: A Selection - Page 102edited by - 1873 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
| Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; Tlie gentleness of heavou is on the sea ; Listen! the mighty being is awake,...thunder — everlastingly. Dear child ! dear girl ! that walkcst with me here, If tliou nppear'st untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less... | |
| Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 pages
...moment's selection : — " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free : The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...child ! dear girl! that walkest with me here, If thou appearest untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine: Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
| Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 322 pages
...moment's selection : — " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free : The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity j The gentleness of heaven is on the sea. Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth, with his eternal... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...heavenly face restore. XXXIII. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...appear'st untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature therefore is not less divine : Thou liest " in Abraham's bosom " all the year ; And worshipp'st at... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...Shelley CCLXI BY THE SEA It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder—everlastingly. Dear child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouch'd... | |
| Edward Bradley - 1861 - 444 pages
...there scarped with rock. Over the waves on our right, are Islay and Jura, with their satellites. " The gentleness of heaven is on the sea. Listen ! the...eternal motion make A sound like thunder everlastingly." The beach is rough with rocks of varied form and size, between whose fragments " the cruel, crawling... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...76. THE CALM OF EVENING. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a !Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
| Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...The holy time is quiet as a nun, Breathless with admiration : the broad sun Is sinking down in his tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven is on the...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly ! Wordsworth. AS I LAY A-THIXKING. As I lay a-thinking, a-thinking, a-thinking, Merry sang the bird... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 438 pages
...Shcllev CCLXI BY THE SEA TT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; JL The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking...child ! dear girl ! that walkest with me here, If thou appear untouch'd by solemn thought Thy nature is not therefore less divine : Thou liest in Abraham's... | |
| Louisa Lane Clarke - Microscopes - 1863 - 278 pages
...a new process of generation multiplies by •imation. CHAPTER VIII. SEA- WEEDS,— MARINE ALG/E. " The gentleness of Heaven is on the sea. Listen ! the...mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion mate A sound like thunder — everlastingly." Wordsworth. " The water is calm and still below, For... | |
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