I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food... Littell's Living Age - Página 551847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1846 - 308 páginas
...virgin-liberty ; 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...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
| 1846 - 436 páginas
...liberty ; 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...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
| Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 páginas
...CHAPTER VII. I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! ***** A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. WORDSWORTH. THEY were in the Rue Ponthieu, a long, narrow, unfinished street, then without side walks;... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 páginas
...liberty ; 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...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 páginas
...rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright or 'rood For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows,...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. Her positive and tangible graces were enough for him. He sought not to exnlt them, but only to exhibit... | |
| 1847 - 910 páginas
...vision» -шеге aM ОУЛ and dear to the homes which they bless ;— u . _ creatures not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient...simple wiles, Praise blame, love, kisses, tears and simlcs. ^iiíto a wandering little girl, whoso shall the earth, and making ;a U t ^»Р» »e ^ЫОп... | |
| 1847 - 598 páginas
...His Marion comes forth from hig easel, not like one of Scott's heroines, the beautified likeness of " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food;" nor yet, like a Miranda, superhuman in the angel-like brightness of her woman's form, but rather like... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dunham Deshler - 1847 - 736 páginas
...man's joys, the minister to his comfort, the partner of his griefs, " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, love, blame, kisses, tears and smiles."1 Although, throughout Chaucer's writings, it is plainly observable... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 páginas
...liberty ; 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...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. I have been amused in tracing back the pedigree of this description. First conies our excellent friend... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 páginas
...those around her. Such was Nina Grey : — "A creature not too bright or good For 1 1 1 1 ui ;; ! i nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." . It was an evening or two after my arrival at General Grey's. The young people were preparing for... | |
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