| William Garland Barrett - 1855 - 340 pages
...the hills," may say of his solitary rambles : — " There rolls the deep where grew the tree ; — 0 earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the...roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea." * We now enter upon the ancient life, or Palaeozoic period of the earth's history, and proceed to examine... | |
| Archibald Geikie - 1858 - 312 pages
...tersely expressed by one who has gazed on the revelations of geology with the eye of a true poet— " There rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth,...roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea." But the lifelessness of the carboniferous forests was amply compensated by the activity that reigned... | |
| sir Archibald Geikie - 1858 - 288 pages
...revelations of geology with the eye of a true poet — " There rolls the deep where grew the tree. 0 earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the...roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea." But the lifelessness of the carboniferous forests was amply compensated by the activity that reigned... | |
| Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1859 - 234 pages
...dew-drop paints a bow, The wizard lightnings deeply glow. And every thought breaks out a rose. CXXII. THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth,...thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath heen The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and... | |
| Henry James Slack - 1860 - 260 pages
...exclaims with the poet, " There rolls the deep where grew the tree ! Oh ! Earth, what changes thou hast seen ! There where the long street roars hath been...form to form, and nothing stands : They melt like mists the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go."* But all these changes have taken... | |
| 1861 - 606 pages
...continents to be." " There rolls the deep where grew the tree, 0 earth ! wbat changes hast thou seen I There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness...From form to form and nothing stands ; They melt like mists, the solid lands, Like clouds they change themselves and go." No one could have written the foregoing... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...dew-drop paints a bow ; The wizard lightnings deeply glow, And every thought breaks out a rose. CXXII. THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist,... | |
| David Page - 1861 - 278 pages
...volcanoes have given birth to new mountain masses. " There rolls the deep where grew the tree ; Oh, Earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There, where the long street roars, has been The stillness of the central sea." Of such mutations, history is altogether silent ; and even... | |
| David Page - 1861 - 276 pages
...volcanoes have given birth to new mountain masses. " There rolls the deep where grew the tree ; Oh, Earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There, where the long street roars, has been The stillness of the central sea." Of such mutations, history is altogether silent ; and even... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 390 pages
...dew-drop paints a bow, The wizard lightnings deeply glow, And every thought breaks out a rose. CXXII. 'T^HERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes thou hast seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The... | |
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