 | 1852 - 890 pages
...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,... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 360 pages
...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... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1853 - 386 pages
...FALLEN . . . . . 303 XXIV. CONCLUSION . . . , .313 NAN DARRELL. CHAPTER I. 1 met a little cottage-girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick...rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her face was fair, and very fair, Her beauty made me e'lad. 'WORDSWOUTII. WHAT a glorious dayJ. Not a heavy... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...peculiar style, he makes a little cottage girl give expression to this affecting sentiment : — " I met a little cottage girl — She was eight years...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,... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...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,...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 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...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...was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair and very fair, " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 614 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - Bereavement - 1854 - 156 pages
...artless, and beautiful. Such heart-consoling sentiments cannot be too well known, or become too popular. " 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,... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1854 - 104 pages
...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 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 blue,... | |
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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 a rustic, woodland... 
