 | W. B. Clark - 1856 - 160 pagine
...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/ ehe said, And... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pagine
...Child is father of the Man.* Lucy Gray. St. 2. The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door. We are Seven. A simple Child, That lightly draws its...its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? The Pet Lamb. Drink, pretty creature, drink. The Brothers. Until a man might travel twelve stout... | |
 | Poetry Book, Poetry book - 1856 - 136 pagine
...Laughing to think, in its fearful fun, How little of mischief it had done. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE Child, 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 fair,... | |
 | Sarah Gould - 1856 - 262 pagine
...Then shall I be Prepared to see thy ftwi. THE CHILD AT THE TOMB. " A little child, That lightly iraws its breath, And feels its life in every limb — What should it know of death ? " I met one morning a little girl with a half-playful countenance, beaming blue eyes, and sunny locks, bearing... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pagine
...be admonish'd by his grave, And think, and fear ! WE AIIE SEVEN. 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 cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1857 - 192 pagine
...a long dash, or a succession of dots, is used instead of the stars ; as, L d Af y for Lord Murray. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And...life in every limb, — What should it know of death ? There are three marks termed accents, — the Acute ( '), the Grave ('). and the Circumflex ( A ).... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pagine
...it be of duffil grey, As warm a clonk as man can sell ! " Proud creature was she the next day. Tha little orphan, Alice Fell ! WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE...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,... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 262 pagine
...blue shoes That no little feet use, And whose sight makes such fond tears start. WC BKKNETT. WE ABE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath,...with many a curl * That clustered round her head. V* She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair, Her... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pagine
...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...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,... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pagine
...intrinsic grace." Methought the polished Scissors blushed To have said so much, — and all was hushed. WE ARE SEVEN. - A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws...know of death ? I met a little cottage girl ; She was ftight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl, That clustered round her head. She... | |
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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... 
