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" ... 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 thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and... "
Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays - Page 104
by Charles Kingsley - 1902 - 300 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 138

1873 - 612 pages
...the conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be long before Miss Thackeray...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 176

1892 - 626 pages
...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 that ever...
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Poems,: In Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the...
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A 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 and the BUTTERFLY. Art thoa the Bird whom Man loves best. The pious Bird with...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine —...
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ..., Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light. >- • VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine...
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A Discourse on Religious Education: Delivered at Hingham, May 10, 1818 ...

Andrews Norton - Religious education - 1818 - 1164 pages
...of man ; and our feelings are in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so far as he has regarded her as...
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Geraldine: A Tale of Conscience, Volume 1

Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - Conversion - 1819 - 266 pages
...CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and...still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two friends, and, much pleased...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine —...
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The North American Review, Volume 56

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...and eyes ? She recalls one of whom an English poet so beautifully sings ; " A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light." Again do we thank the author for this fine picture of feminine excellence, in which we see so admirably...
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