 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...  The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Side 48af William Wordsworth - 1871 - 568 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Elementary books - 1860 - 270 sider
...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...wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair — Her heauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? seven... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 sider
...called in to decide 1 controversy ; a judge. 6 I'OTH'-EE, foolish controveny. LESSON XI. WE ARE SEVEN. I MET a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her face was fair, yea, very fair — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 sider
...post ; Of Alice and her grief I told ; And I gave money to the host. To buy a new cloak for the old. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its...clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ? " "How many 1 Seven... | |
 | Mourning mother - 1861 - 102 sider
...given, — Snatched from the world, its sin and snares, Thy infant rests in heaven. BISHOP DOANE. WE AEE SEVEN. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath,...wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair, Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ? " " How many ? —... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 sider
...name led all the rest. LEIGH HUKT. WE ABE SEVEN. 18. WE AKE SEVEN". A SIMPLE Child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life...clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? Seven... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 sider
...; Yet still the sport of some malignant power, He knows but from its shade the present hour. WE ABE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath,...clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" "How many? Seven in... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 sider
...instinctively taught thus to guard against surprise from every quarter. — Gusse. LESSON XLVIII. — WE ARK SEVEN. A simple child That lightly draws its breath,...clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair, — Her beauty made me glad. I " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" "How many? Seven... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 sider
...child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death 1 I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years...wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? Seven... | |
 | Hymnals - 1863 - 168 sider
...be, I'll always try to think of this,— I'm not too young for God to see ! WE AEE SEVEN.— c. M. I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years...was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair j Her beauty made nie glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 sider
...breath, And feels its life in every limb, What can it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl, Of eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with...woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were hlue, and she was fair : Her beauty made me glad : " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may... | |
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