 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
 | 1855 - 458 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 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. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 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,... | |
 | Select poetry - 1855 - 80 Seiten
...freedom and in joy. "WE ARE SEVEN." A SIMPLE child, dear brother Jem, That lightly draws its breath, That feels its life in every limb— What should it know...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 wildly clad; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 Seiten
...along its pebbly road And the fragrant flowers around, Loved to hear its happy sound WE ABE SEVEN. I MET a little cottage girl: She was eight years old...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 Henry Furness - 1855 - 318 Seiten
...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, " Intimations of Immortality... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1855 - 332 Seiten
...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, " Intimations of Immortality... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 Seiten
...old time;—thou not in vain Art Nature's favorite. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE Child, 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 beauty... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 Seiten
...through the dreadful sl;ade. ADDISOK WE ABE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, That feels its life in every limb, What should it know...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 wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | W. B. Clark - 1856 - 160 Seiten
...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,...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 in all/ ehe... | |
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