 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
 | 1840 - 188 pagina’s
...Religion 127 Conclusion . .* . . . . . . 147 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 - 1840 - 370 pagina’s
...virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not top bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient...machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;... | |
 | 1840 - 356 pagina’s
...three and twenty, with a handsome fortune to begin the world with ; and Ellen was just eighteen, with " a countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Never was there a fitter original for this beautiful description of the poet, than Ellen Fitzhugh ;... | |
 | John Walker Brown - 1841 - 170 pagina’s
...LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. I " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveler betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength... | |
 | 1869 - 406 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...love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eyes serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt... | |
 | 1843 - 184 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1843 - 884 pagina’s
...interruption, to his residence. CHAPTER IV. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free. And steps of...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. WORDSWORTH. ON the ensuing morning, anxious to inquire after the health of his fair acquaintance of... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pagina’s
...countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For humun nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple...; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between hie and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! mplicit betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 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...machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death. The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill,... | |
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