 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 - Page 48by William Wordsworth - 1871 - 568 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1864 - 386 lehte
...trust in God, and He was the light of her life. LESSON 37. WE ARE SEVEN; OH, A CHILD'S NOTION OF DEATH. -A simple child That lightly draws its breath, And...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... | |
 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1864 - 104 lehte
...which I know of no more exquisite enforcement of the truth which I have just urged as a motive : — A simple Child That lightly draws its breath, And...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... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 lehte
...each his right, Lest God with such like misery Your wicked minds requite. OLD BALI.AD. WE ARE SEVEN. SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels...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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1864 - 276 lehte
...I knew That they had opened theirs." BISHOP DOANE. WE ABE 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 lehte
...heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. 315. WE ARE 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,... | |
 | 1916 - 792 lehte
...breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage girl : 5 weet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their...flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green pl : 10 Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 lehte
...my kiss was given to her sister, Folded close under deepening snow. James Russell Lowell [1819-1891] "WE ARE SEVEN " A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws...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 in... | |
 | George E. Teter - 1918 - 456 lehte
...their triumph and his loss, Like her, — because they love him. 20 WE ARE SEVEN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH — A simple child, That lightly draws its breath. And...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 in... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1920 - 264 lehte
...And this green pastoral landscape, were to me Most dear, both for themselves and for thy sake ! 66 i 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 f Seven in all,... | |
 | william worsworth - 1923 - 498 lehte
...peaceful calm, Is left to muse upon the solemn scene. WE ARE SEVEN [Composed 1798.— Published 1800.] A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And...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 in... | |
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