 | Robert Aspland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...childhood 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 ?' But it was not so much from the source of animal vivacity that my difficulty came, as from a sense... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. 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 •? 1 Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1803. • Composed iu Loudou i I met a little... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me! We are Seven. — — • — A simple child That...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... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 292 Seiten
...afraid : I would not lift my little hand To hurt what God has made. Mary Lundie Duncan. WE ARE SEVEN. I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be?" "How many? seven in all," she said, And... | |
 | 1852 - 890 Seiten
...and the crown being discovered, was placed on the head of his successor, Henry VII." WE ABE SEVEN. I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air. And she was poorly clad : Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1852 - 172 Seiten
...Saviour's arms, For ever undefiled, Amid the little cherub band, Is thy beloved child. EfJe are Srbcn. • A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, What should it know of death I I MET a little cottage Girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | George Searle Phillips - 1852 - 314 Seiten
...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 ?" But it was not so much from the source of animal vivacity that my difficulties came, as from a source... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 360 Seiten
...1. And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? 2. I met a little cottage-girl : She was eight years old, she said •. Her hair was thick with many a curl, That cluster'd round her head. 3. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 Seiten
...the Lord; praise him and magnify TIJTTI for ever.1* WE ABE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...Her hair was thick with many a curl, That clustered P) round her head. ' Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ? ' ' How many ? seven... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...But be ndmonish'd by his grave, And think, and fear 1 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 cluster'd round her head. She harl a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
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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... 
