Full fain it would delay me! My dear babe, Who, capable of no articulate sound, Mars all things with his imitative lisp,— How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To... Bentley's Miscellany - Page 585edited by - 1859Full view - About this book
| Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...imitative lisp, How he would place his hand beiide his ear, 31 is little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows weQ The evening star : and once when he awoke In most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up... | |
| 1851 - 696 pages
...imitative lisp, How he would place his h;ind, beside his ear, His little hand, the small fore finger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's pliiymate.' With her youthful playmate Nature played long; and he never ceased to find solace both... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 334 pages
...his imitative lisp, How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's Play-mate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke In most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up that... | |
| England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...hist imitative lisp, How he would place his band beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! and I deem it wise To make him Nature's child." Compare the intensity and truth of any natural knowledge insensibly acquired by observation... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1828 - 374 pages
...his imitative lisp, How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen ! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's Play-mate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke In most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up that... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...his imitative lisp. How he would place his hand beside his car, Hit little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen.! And I deem it wise To make him Nature's play-mate. He knows The evening-star ; and once, when he awoke In most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up that... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small fore-finger up, And bid us listen ! And / deem it wise To make him nature's playmate. He knows...Had made up that strange thing, an infant's dream), 1 hurried with him to our orchard plot, And he beheld the moon ; and, hush'd at once, Suspends his... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...it wise To nuke him Nature's Play-mate. He knows well Tbe evening-star; and once, when he awoke la most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up...thing, an infant's dream), I hurried with him to our orchard-plot, And he beheld the Moon, and, hush'd at once, Suspend* his sob«, and laughs most fluently,... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1829 - 528 pages
...little hand, the small fore-finger up, • And bid us listen ! And / deem it wise To make him nature*! playmate. He knows well The evening star; and once, when he awoke In ntost distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up that strange thing, an infant's dream % I hurried... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...dcom it wi.so TO make him Nature's Play-mate. He knows well The evening-star ; and once, when he awoko ng, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart...grief, but with delight No more — O, never more ! oreliard-plot, And he beheld the Moon, and, liush'd nt once, Suspend» his soin, and laugh* most silently,... | |
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