 THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that " this is I :" But as he grows he gathers much, And learns the use of "I," and "me," And finds "I am not what I see, And other than...  In memoriam [by A. Tennyson]. - Page 69by Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851Full view - About this book
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...the larger experiences of its friends. " Bat, as he grows, he gathers much, And learns the use of <!' and 'me;' And finds ' I am not what I see, And other...the things I touch.' So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, Aa through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined."... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...conscious distinction between himself and his surroundings he could not advance a single step." * " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender...not what I see, And other than the things I touch." t • See Furrar. Chapters on Language, p. 62. f In Uemuriam, sec. 44. The perception of the difference... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...touch should fall, 0 turn thee round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out c« XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender...things I touch : ' So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...touch should fall, O turn thee round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out XLIII. SLIY. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender...things I touch : ' So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...turn thee round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out 66 XLIT. THE baby new to eartb and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against...things I touch : ' So rounds he to a separate mind From -whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out In that high place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that " this is I " : But as he grows he... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pages
...round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out In that high place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender...things I touch : ' So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 211 pages
...theo all. XLIV. THE baby new to carth and sky, What time his tender palm is prest Against the cirele of the breast, Has never thought that ' this is I:'...the things I touch.' So rounds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...round, resolve the doubt, My guardian angel will speak out In that high place, and tell thee all. XLIV. THE baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender palm is pressed Against the circle of the breast, Has never thought that " this is I : " But as he grows he... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1860 - 438 pages
...to refer these sensations to special localities. It has not yet conceived the idea of externality. " The baby new to earth and sky, What time his tender...things I touch.' So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may begin, As through the frame that binds him in, His isolation grows defined."... | |
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