 | George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1846 - 430 pages
...time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly !" — WORDSWORTH. There is the feeling, if not the audible sense, of a similar sound among the mountains,... | |
 | Theology - 1846 - 496 pages
...influence, a personification of unending duration, uttering aloud the oracles of primeval truth. ' Listen '. the mighty being is awake, And doth with...motion make A sound like thunder, everlastingly.' Where are the myriads of men who have trodden its shores, and gone down to it in ships? They are passed... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1847 - 382 pages
...wherewith it seems as if nature herself would put man in harmony for the Sahhath. " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake. And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder —... | |
 | George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1847 - 374 pages
...Diverting evil purposes, remorse Awakening, chastening an intemperate grief. ' The Excursion,' iv. the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : Listen ! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1848 - 242 pages
...wherewith it seems as if nature herself would put man in harmony for the Sabbath. " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder —... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...the most powerful and intense meditation with the utmost sweetness of feeling. " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 378 pages
...spirit in that power divine Rejoice, as, through that power, it ceased to mourn. XXX. IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free. The holy time is quiet as...down in its tranquillity ; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea : Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 364 pages
...distant oar. It is as if the spirit of heaven had cast its shadow upon the earth. . " It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as...with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Italian literature - 1849 - 346 pages
...is as if the spirit of heaven had .cast its shadow upon the earth. " It is a beauteous evening, culm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless...with adoration ; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility ; Listen ! the mighty Being is awake, . And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1907 - 708 pages
...tranquil sunset and the gentleness of heaven over the face of the waters, he suddenly exclaims : Listen I the mighty Being is awake, And doth with his eternal...motion make A sound like thunder — everlastingly. The quick transition from the contemplation of the peaceful scene to the thought of the omnipresent... | |
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IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration... 
