 A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had...  Select Pieces from the Poems of William Wordsworth - Página 4por William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 233 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 páginas
...shalt thou be to future men As in old time;—thou not in vain Art Nature's favorite. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And...old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair; Her beauty... | |
 | W. B. Clark - 1856 - 160 páginas
...peculiar style, he makes a little cottage girl give expression to this affecting sentiment : — " I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. ' Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be?' ' How many? Seven... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...of the Man.* Lucy Gray. St. 2. The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. We are Seven. A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? The Pet Lamb. Drink, pretty creature, drink. The Brothers. Until a man might travel twelve stout... | |
 | Sarah Gould - 1856 - 262 páginas
...Then shall I be Prepared to see thy ftwi. THE CHILD AT THE TOMB. " A little child, That lightly iraws its breath, And feels its life in every limb — What should it know of death ? " I met one morning a little girl with a half-playful countenance, beaming blue eyes, and sunny locks, bearing... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 páginas
...everywhere With so much earnestness you do pursue, You'll find, is there." WE ARE SEVEN. BY WORDSWORTH. - A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...said ; Her hair was thick, with many a curl, That clustered round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | 1857 - 300 páginas
...teach you to obey His will, Your steps to guide, your hearts to cheer." WE ABE SEVEN. 109 WE AEE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1857 - 332 páginas
...calm but Heav'n ! — MOORE. WE ARE SEVEN. 275 CVI— WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 páginas
...than to admit the notion of death as a state applicable to my own being. I have said elsewhere— * A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? * " We are Seven," see page 11, ante.' "But it was not so much from the source of animal vivacity... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1857 - 192 páginas
...a long dash, or a succession of dots, is used instead of the stars ; as, L d Af y for Lord Murray. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, — What should it know of death ? There are three marks termed accents, — the Acute ( '), the Grave ('). and the Circumflex ( A ).... | |
 | 1858 - 240 páginas
...well ; God's good design I see, That where our treasure is, our hearts may be ! JG SAXE. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
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