 A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.  Choice Specimens of English Literature - Pagina 373geredigeerd door - 1870 - 477 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1823 - 380 pagina’s
...a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance hi which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ;...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful creature she must have been." "... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pagina’s
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...A Being breathing thoughtful breath, , A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 pagina’s
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view A Spirit, yet a Woman tool Her household motions light and free, And steps of...simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiled. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 pagina’s
...image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pagina’s
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill,... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pagina’s
...Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view. A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill,... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 360 pagina’s
...nothing to remark touching the ancients. womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines— ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's Hues; hers being ' The high Dama's brow, more... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 354 pagina’s
...to remark touching the ancients. womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines — ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's lines ; hers being ' The high DamaVbrow, more... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 262 pagina’s
...to realise two sweet extremes of womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines — ' A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's lines ; hers being ' The high Dama's brow, more... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 260 pagina’s
...to realise two sweet extremes of womanhood. Under the first I would write Wordsworth's lines — 4 A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.' " Under the fair Florentine I would inscribe Byron's lines ; hers being ' The high Dama's brow, more... | |
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