 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 432 pages
...still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me, — even...round ! Behind me did they stretch in solemn train, Feebler,and feebler, and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep. Ye Presences... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - Country life - 1854 - 592 pages
...heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary clifl7 Wheel'd by me — even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me...feebler, and I stood and watched, Till all was tranquil aa a summer sea. WOBDSWOBIH. THE MILKY WAT. 555 THE MILKY WAY. After all these cheerful Christmas doings,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 568 pages
...my heels Stopp'd short : yet still the solitary cliffs Wheel'd by me even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round : Behind me...solemn train Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watch'd Till all was tranquil as a summer sea. ESSAY IV. Es ist fast traurig zu schen, vTie man von... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heck, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me — Even...and I stood and watched Till all was tranquil as a dreamless sleep. * We have quoted these passages principally as illustrating how from his first years... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1856 - 358 pages
...motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliff's Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled...and watched Till all was tranquil as a summer sea." F Wordsworth's great merit lies in his having been a reformer, nay, in many respects a regenerator,... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - 1856 - 360 pages
...I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me—even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her...and watched Till all was tranquil as a summer sea." F Wordsworth's great merit lies in his having been a reformer, nay, in many respects a regenerator,... | |
 | 1008 pages
...spinning The rapid line of motion, then at one* Have I, reclining back upon mv heels. Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me— even as if the Earth bad rolled With vUible motion her diurnal round I Behind me did they itrctch in solemn train, Feebler... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me — even...and watched Till all was tranquil as a summer sea.* 3799. THERE WAS A BOY.t THERE was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander ! —... | |
 | Country life - 1857 - 298 pages
.... . ; Stopp'd short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheel'd by me—even as if the earth had roll'd With visible motion her diurnal round ! Behind me...solemn train, Feebler and feebler, and I stood and watch'd Till all was tranquil as a summer sea, WINTER. Wordsworth. THIS is the eldest of the seasons... | |
 | English literature - 1860 - 552 pages
...I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short ; yet still the solitary cliff* Wheeled by me-^e'eu as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her...and watched Till all was tranquil as a summer sea." Fisher, I don't know whether you agree with me or not, but I think these lines beautiful. I feel much... | |
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When we had given our bodies to the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs... 
