 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
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 sidor
...requiem of fire ! 42. WE ARE SEVEN. — Wordsworth. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What...old, she said : Her hair was thick with many a curl She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad; Her eyes were fair, and very fair, — Her... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 sidor
...pace, " But slow and steady wins the race." WE ARE SEVEN. — A simple Child, That lightly draws his breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should...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;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 sidor
...rink-a-tink-a-tink ! Mary Howitt. 35.— WE ARE SEVEN. (A simple child dear brother Jim, 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 ? seven in all," she... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1839 - 212 sidor
...HART. Printed by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell. , NAN BARREL L; on, THE GIPSY MOTHER. CHAPTER I. 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 face was... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 sidor
...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...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;... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 sidor
...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 with many a curl, That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; " Sisters and brothers,... | |
 | 1862 - 512 sidor
...Quaint stories of the bird's attraction ! WE ABE 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,... | |
 | 1842 - 504 sidor
...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 sidor
...behind ; And sings a solitary song, That whistles in the wind. 3 • 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 ; 4 NE» fi Her eyes... | |
 | 1843 - 184 sidor
...'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...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... | |
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