 | Book - 1841 - 164 sivua
...feels its life in ev'ry breath — • What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage-girl ; She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick...had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be 1" " How many ? seven in all," she said,... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 sivua
...SEVEN. WORDSWORTH. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limh, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage...she said ; Her 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,... | |
 | 1842 - 480 sivua
...tell with self-dissatisfaction Quaint stories of the bird's attraction ! WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clusterM round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | 1842 - 504 sivua
...self-dissatisfaction Quaint stories of the bird's attraction! WE AHE SEVEN. — — A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? l met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1843 - 278 sivua
...And never looks behind ; And sings a solitary song, That whistles in the wind. 3 • A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; 4 NE» fi Her eyes were fair, and very fair — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers,... | |
 | 1843 - 184 sivua
...'tis a lesson to our hearts to know With hut one sense the soul may overflow. WILLIS. WE ARE SEVEN.* I MET a little cottage girl ; She was eight years...she said ; Her 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,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 350 sivua
...of the land of 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... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1843 - 574 sivua
...either of life or death ; 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 sivua
...for our hero a requiem of fire ! 42. WE ARE SEVEN. — Wordsworth. 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 clustered round her head. «I> "*«**. r^ss, TVu ' *««, PATHETIC AND ENTERTAINING. 923 And often... | |
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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... 
