Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched. And in their silent faces did he read Unutterable love. Sound needed none. Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2521819Full view - About this book
| 1838 - 876 pages
...from the naked lop Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! be looked — Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, beneath him lay la gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces could he read Unutterable... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...top Of some hold headland, he heheld the sun Rise up, and hathe the world in light ! He look'd — Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth And ocean's liquid mass, heneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touch'd, And in their silent faces did he... | |
| Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...HERDSMAN. O, THEN, what soul was his, when on the tops Of the high mountains, he beheld the sun Rise up and bathe the world in light ! He looked — Ocean...Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle ; sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed... | |
| Methodist Church - 1839 - 510 pages
...devotion such as he himself describes in the following magnificent verses : — " He beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He looked — Ocean...Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle : sensation, soul, and form, All melted into him ; they swallowed... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...of youth. O then what soul was his, when, on the tops Of the high mountains, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light! He looked— Ocean...him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touch'd, And in their silent faces did he read Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...of youth. O then what soul was his, when, on the tops Of the high mountains, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light! He looked— Ocean...him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds were touch'd, And in their silent faces did he read Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of... | |
| 1839 - 444 pages
...of earth And ocean's liquid man, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The clouds wore louch'd. And In their silent faces did he read Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy; his spirit drunk The spectacle ; sensation, soul, and form All melted into htm ; they swallowed... | |
| Henry A. Worcester - Sabbath - 1840 - 140 pages
...growing Youth What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light! He looked — Ocean...Unutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy : his spirit drcnk The spectacle: sensation, soul, and form All melted into him; they swallowed... | |
| Peel Club, Glasgow - English literature - 1840 - 256 pages
...his mind received from the morning air a tone of vigour which fitted it for active contemplation. " He looked— Ocean and earth, the solid frame of earth...The clouds were touched, And in their silent faces could he read Unutterable love." clouds! We are at once transported to tbe same "bold headland," and... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust (Legendary figure) - 1840 - 360 pages
...Goethe. " What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light ! He looked — Ocean...mass, beneath him lay In gladness and deep joy. The cloud's were touched, And in their silent faces did he read tJnutterable love. Sound needed none, Nor... | |
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