 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 Fortnightly Review - Page 5421866 - 28 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 794 pages
...you ; Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you, and the leaves to rustic for you. do my wordt refuse to glisten and rustle for you." The Child....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 of... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 786 pages
...you, and the leaves to rustle for yon, do my word» refuse to glisten and rustle for you." The ChiU. " There was a child went 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... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1868 - 464 pages
...the end ; But the hot sun of the South is to ripen my songs. WALT 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 part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day,... | |
 | 1881 - 1008 pages
...theme, describing the 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, that object he became; And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...toward eternity ; Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the Soul. 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 part of him for the day, or a certain part of the day,... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...; You furnish your parts toward eternity ; Great or small, you furnish 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 became part of him for the day, or a > certain part of... | |
 | 1883 - 436 pages
...expense of eflectiveness. To take but asingle illustration. The thought of thefollowingis admirable:— ' 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... | |
 | Walt Whitman - 1883 - 404 pages
...these States or North 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, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 544 pages
...theme, describing the 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, that object he became; And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 542 pages
...theme, describing the 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, that object he became ; And that object became part of him for the da)-, or a certain... | |
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