 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 sorrows , simple wiles , Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 219by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 492 pages
...destiny to which your Art has called you !" " Perhaps he will in time," said Christina. CHAPTER V. " A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay." home, he had heard the young people spoken of with much affection and compassion ; and he felt at once... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English fiction - 1848 - 478 pages
...himself, and then stopping before Lady Cecilia, repeated to her, in a very low voice, the following: — " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1848 - 492 pages
...its first impulses." To no one better could Wordsworth's fine lines be applied than to her : — " 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, perfect woman,... | |
 | Theology - 1848 - 500 pages
...Hebrew Ideas of God. 27 To no one better could Wordsworth's fine lines be applied than to her : — " 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 perfect woman,... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1848 - 414 pages
...practical example of her life, how does it realize to us the exquisite picture of Wordsworth ; We see her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and fre«, And step of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet;... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - Country life - 1849 - 256 pages
...is able to cheer and bless us in all weathers of life. He has written nothing tenderer or truer — I saw her, upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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... | |
 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 pages
...sister praised in such lines as the following, than in any that Burns, Moore, or Byron ever wrote ? " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virg'm liberty ; A countenance iu which did meet Sweet records ; promises as nweel ; A creature not... | |
 | 1850 - 890 pages
...sister praised in such lines as the following, thau in any that Burns, Moore, or Byron ever wrote ? " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records ; promises as sweet j A creature not... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 144 pages
...stars of twilight fair ; Like twilight's too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape,...image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her on a nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...of twilight fair ; Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A... | |
| |
