 Soft smiles, by human kindness bred! And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; "With no restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy few words of English speech:...  Poems, selected from the best eds - Page 101by William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - Poets, English - 1906 - 662 pages
...! Soft smiles, by human kindness bred ! And seemliness complete, that sways ' Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs...words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brooked, a strifo That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton - English literature - 1906 - 446 pages
...overspread ! Soft smiles, by human kindness bred ! And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs...thy few words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brook'd, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds... | |
 | 1908 - 376 pages
...overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred ; And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs...thy few words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brook'd, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds... | |
 | English poetry - 1908 - 464 pages
...overspread; 35 Soft smiles, by human kindness bred; And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager visitings 5 Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly brook'd,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1908 - 476 pages
...Mountaineer: A face with gladness overspread; And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager visitings 5 Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly brook'd,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1908 - 596 pages
...restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach 40 A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving kind — Thus beating up against the... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...overspread ! Soft smiles, by human kindness bred ! And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs...brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life I So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving kind, Thus beating up against the wind.... | |
 | Samuel Swayze Seward - American poetry - 1909 - 542 pages
...overspread; Soft smiles, by human kindness bred; And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs...thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly brook'd, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds... | |
 | Literature - 1910 - 542 pages
...overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred; And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs...thy few words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brook'd, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland, Henry Milner Rideout - English poetry - 1909 - 334 pages
...Soft smiles, by human kindness bred; 691: And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs...eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach 695 Of thy few words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brook'd, a strife That gives thy gestures... | |
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