 I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food...  Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays - Page 104by Charles Kingsley - 1902 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...liberty; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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 breathing... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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 ; •- ----... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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 breathing... | |
 | England - 1861 - 814 pages
...phantom of delight," simple and guileless, all guiltless of statistics — " A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smile V In this wide world, so manifold, there is of course scope for tastes and... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...the sanctity, of our admiration, yet declare, in the delightful lines of Wordsworth, that she " Is a creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food ; 2M for transient sorrows, simple wile?, Praise, blame, IOVP, kisses, tears, and smiles." Of small... | |
 | England - 1865 - 790 pages
...to impossible. At such a moment Maga would have been sweet, had she come in, brown but comely — " A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food." But, alas ! Maga was not, and in unsuspecting innocence the hand which at this moment writes took up... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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 breathing... | |
 | 1820 - 696 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1823 - 468 pages
...liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet 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. " Beautiful verses, truly," quoth Mrs. Elizabeth ; " and a beautiful creature... | |
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