| William Henry Furness - 1855 - 318 páginas
...I then?" In the exuberauce and joy of living, it is not in him to conceive of his ceasing to be, " A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ?" asks the religious poet of our age, who, in his immortal ode, entitled,... | |
| 1855 - 458 páginas
...Methought the polished Scissors blushed To have said so much, — and all was hushed. WK ARE SEVEN. - 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... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 páginas
...for our hero a requiem of fire ! 42. WE ARE SEVEN. — Wordsworth A simple child, dear brother Jim, 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... | |
| 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 feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? The Pet Lamb. Drink, pretty creature, drink. The Brothers. Until a man might... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 feels its life in every limb, — What should it know of death ? There are three marks termed accents, — the Acute ( '), the Grave (').... | |
| 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 feels 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... | |
| 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 in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair... | |
| WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 páginas
...and her grief I told ; And I gave money to the host, To buy a new cloak for the old. WE ARE SEVEN. 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... | |
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