Question

The heart which is lying still is​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The heart which is lying still is :

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;

And all that mighty heart is lying still!

• You would think the speaker couldn't possibly get more excited about this view after declaring it the most beautiful thing on earth, but no: he gets more excited.

• He cries out to God as if he has just recognized something astonishing he had not noticed before.

• He personifies the houses as asleep, when it's actually the people inside the houses who are sleeping at this early hour.

• The city looks like one big, peaceful, sleeping body. Shh...don't wake it.

• The "heart" of this body is "lying still" for the moment before the city awakens for a new day. The heart probably doesn't refer to anything specific, but rather the city's energy or vitality.

• The last two lines mark a shift in tone with their two exclamation marks. The tone goes from amazed to Really Amazed!