 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 CHIEF AMERICAN POETS - Page 528by CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905Full view - About this book
 | 1866 - 908 pages
...forth every day, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder, pity, love or dread, that object he became, . And that object became part...morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phcebe-bird, And the third-month lambs, and the sow's pink-faint litter, and the mare's foal, and the... | |
 | 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...stretching cycles of years. » * * * » # • The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh'and shore-mud; These became part of... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 pages
...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...became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories,1 and white and red clover, and the song of the phcebebird,2 And the Third-month lambs,... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...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 this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories,1 and white and red clover, and the song of the phcebebird,2 And the Third-month lambs,... | |
 | 1967 - 632 pages
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 | 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...morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phrebe-bird, And the Third-month lambs and the sow's pink-faint litter, and the mare's foal and the... | |
 | 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...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh and shore-mud ; These became part... | |
 | 1883 - 680 pages
...take but asiugle illustration. The thought of thefollowiugisadmirable:— ' There was a child wont forth every day : And the first object he look'd upon,...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt-marsh and shore-mud ; These became 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...for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of saltmarsh and shore-mud; These became part of... | |
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