 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 Scottish Review - Page 2081883Full view - About this book
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...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...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilaes became part of this child ; And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...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 became part...the day, or a certain part of the day, or for many yeara, or stretching cycles of yeara. The early lilacs became part of this child ; And grass, and white... | |
 | England - 1866 - 908 pages
...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...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child; And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and... | |
 | Walt Whitman - American poetry - 1868 - 464 pages
...WHITMAN. ASSIMILATIONS. /"T~VHERE was a child went forth every day ; -*- And the first object he looked upon, that object he became ; And that object became...or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. 2. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories,* and white... | |
 | Literature - 1881 - 1008 pages
...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,...horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh'and shore-mud; These became part of that child who went forth B every day, and who now goes,... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - American poetry - 1873 - 556 pages
...THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH. THERE was a child went forth every day; And the first object he looked upon, that object he became ; And that object became...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories,1 and white and... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...your parts toward the Soul. THERE was a child went forth every day; And the first object he looked upon, that object he became ; • And that object...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories,1 and white and... | |
 | 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...or for many years, or stretching cycles of years," according to idiosyncrasy. Beyond and above all these lower glories of yellow is that of the sky when... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...or South, Under the beaming sun and under thee. THERE WAS A CHILD WENT FORTH. THERE was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look'd upon,...for many years or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass and white and red morning-glories, and white and... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American poetry - 1885 - 592 pages
...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,...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The hori2on's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of saltmarsh and shore-mud ; These became part of... | |
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