The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir on the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro... Maud: And Other Poems - Strona 35autor: Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - Liczba stron: 160Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| 1883 - Liczba stron: 854
...ground, saw at his feet a little sea-beast dead, and sang over it a dirge of surpassing beauty : — " The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir ou the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill Î Did he push, when... | |
| 1855 - Liczba stron: 534
...? A learned man Could give it a clumsy name. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine,... | |
| 1855 - Liczba stron: 802
...of the latter. He re-appears, wandering on the " Breton strand," and musing on a tenantless shell. " The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ?" He still hopes Maud's brother may not have been killed after all, and he returns from... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - Liczba stron: 176
...exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! 2. Let him name it who can, The beauty would be the same. The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world ? 4. Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work... | |
| Charles Richard Weld - 1856 - Liczba stron: 390
...the little living will," set imagination to picture the tiny inhabitant of each varied shell : — " Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a...when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Through his Him water- world ?" But although these exquisite forms charmed the eye, I must confess... | |
| lady Emelia Bithynia Hornby - 1858 - Liczba stron: 310
...collection. I thought of Tennyson's exquisite inquiry as to the inmate of a shell found on the sand, " void of the little living Will, that made it stir...house in a rainbow frill ? Did he push, when he was uncurl' d, A golden foot or a fairy horn Through hia dim water-world ?" But every pleasant hour must... | |
| 1858 - Liczba stron: 608
...forms, and to inquiry into the habits of the '' living will " that once tenanted each lovely cell : — Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a...uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world f • To the geologist the shells of the testaceous mollusks offer a department in paleontology... | |
| Mrs. Edmund Hornby - 1858 - Liczba stron: 546
...collection. I thought of Tennyson's exquisite inquiry as to the inmate of a shell found on the sand, "void of the little living Will, that made it stir...at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill f Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Through his dim water-world?" But... | |
| 1858 - Liczba stron: 618
...forms, and to inquiry into the habits of the " living will " that once tenanted each lovely cell : — Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a raiubow frill ? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water-world?... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - Liczba stron: 188
...Arise, my God, and strike, for we hold Thee just, Strike dead the whole weak race of venomous worms, 1. SEE what a lovely shell, Small and pure as a pearl,...at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill 1 Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro' his dim water- world ? 4.... | |
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