 ... 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 And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...  Happy Evenings; Or, The Literary Institution at Home - Sida 128efter Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 312 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1892 - 626 sidor
...figure is Mary Verney, wife of Sir Ralph, in whom we recognise not faintly the ideal of Wordsworth — 'The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill, A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command.' ' With one of the sweetest tempers and most cheerful dispositions... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 sidor
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath; A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still,, and bright With something of an angel li^ht. 15 The REDBREAST... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 sidor
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 sidor
...The very pulse of the machine ; •- ---- A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819 - 266 sidor
...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 sidor
...eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | 1821 - 410 sidor
...eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :"—... | |
 | 1820 - 696 sidor
...eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 sidor
...eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :" —... | |
 | 1824 - 446 sidor
...serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, , A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will,...skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfdrt, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce... | |
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