 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...  Ward's miscellany (and family magazine). - Sida 351837Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 378 sidor
...a solitary song That whistles in the wind. VIII. WE ARE SEVEN. - A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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, and very fair... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 sidor
.... . ., • .. •- i WE ARE SEVEN.— Southey. A SIMPLE child, dear brother Sim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 416 sidor
...solitary song That whistles in the wind. VIII. WE AEE SEVEN. • A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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, and very fair... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 sidor
...That whistles in the wind. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And fi-cls ils life in every limb, What should it know of death?...cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said; Her li in was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, -woodland air, And... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 sidor
...many-coloured images impressed Upon the bosom of a placid lake. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws So swift, so pure, .so cold, so bright, They pierced my frame with icy wound. And all that cottage-girl: She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...exhibited since the days of Shakspeare and Milton. WE ABE SEVEN. -A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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, and very fair... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...— True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home ! WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1832 - 706 sidor
...mid; an. *) W с are seven. — — A simple child That lightly, draws its breath, And feels its lue in every limb, What should it know of death? I met...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, and very fair;... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 sidor
...light, Eternal Spring ! shall burst the gloom. LV. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...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,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 sidor
...mother, if I'd minded you, I need not now have died. WE ARE SEVEN. -A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ?" " How many 7 Seven in all," she... | |
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