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... Tennyson: His Art and Relation to Modern Life - Page 451by Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1894 - 516 pagesFull 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...separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, Aa through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined." And as childhood glides into youth,... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 480 pages
...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...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
...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,...frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood and breath, Which else were fruitless of their due, Had man to learn himself... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...eartb 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,...frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood and breath, Which else were fruitless of their due, Had man to learn himself... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...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 gathers much, And learns the use of " I," and " me," f^ And finds " I am not what I see, And other than the things I touch " : > So rounds he to a separate... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1851 - 422 pages
...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,...frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood and breath, Which else were fruitless of their due, Had man to learn himself... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pages
...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,...things I touch :' So rounds he to a separate mind Prom whence clear memory may begin, As thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined*... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 236 pages
...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,...thro' the frame that binds him in His isolation grows denned. This use may lie in blood and breath, Which else were fruitless of their due, Had man to learn... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...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 gathers much,...he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may oe£rm, As through the frame that binds him in His isolation grows defined. This use may lie in blood... | |
| 1860 - 452 pages
...earth and >ky, What time his tender palm is pressed Againbt the circle of the breast, Has never thought that " this is I :" But as he grows he gathers much,...And finds " I am not what I see, And other than the thing I touch :" So moulds he to a separate mind From whence clear memory may begin, As through the... | |
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