 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...  Ward's miscellany (and family magazine). - Seite 351837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 Seiten
...Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life m every limb, What should it know of death 1 I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old, she said : Her hair was thick with many a curl She bad a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes \vere fair, and very fair, — Her... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1843 - 574 Seiten
...; and therefore he can neither desire the one nor fear the other. A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? 1 After a time the idea of death arises from witnessing it in animals, and with it comes a notion... | |
 | 1843 - 350 Seiten
...Judea, and part of Arabia lying contiguous to it. AFFECTING INCIDENT. A little child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb — What should it know of death?— WORDSWORTH. At Smyrna the burial ground of the Armenian, like that of the Moslem, is removed a short... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 Seiten
...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...hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. «I> "*«**. r^ss, TVu ' *««, PATHETIC AND ENTERTAINING. 923 And often after sunset, sir,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 Seiten
...solitary song That whistles in the wind. I799. X. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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, and very fair... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 Seiten
...a solitary song Tliat whistles ш the wind. 1799. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She liad a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...truth thy bondman let me live! WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And 1. < 1 its life in every limb, What should it know of death!...hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round tier head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...blushed To have said so much, — and all was hushed. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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 and very fair,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live! F WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustie, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...requiem of fire ! 42. WE ARE SEVEN. WordsWOTth. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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... | |
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