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
| William Wordsworth - 1920 - 264 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 ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving kind — Thus beating up against the... | |
| william worsworth - 1923 - 498 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! So have I, not unmoved in mind. Seen birds of tempest-loving kind — Thus beating up against the wind.... | |
| George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...overspread! Soft smiles, by human kindness bred! 35 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 40 Of thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures... | |
| Dorothy Wordsworth - Authors, English - 1925 - 580 pages
...! Sweet 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 I So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds... | |
| Mrs. Waldo Richards - American poetry - 1924 - 750 pages
...Soft smiles, by human kindness bred! [ 159 ] And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs...quick and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond £he reach Of thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 486 pages
...overspread I Soft smiles, by human kindness bred 1 And sbemliues* complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays ; With no restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager visitings Qf thoughts that lie b.'yoiul the reach Of thy feu- words of English speech : A bondage sweetly brooked,... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 966 pages
...I Soft smiles, by human kindness bred ! And sbsmlinysi complete, tliat sways Thy courtesies, about urtis Hidden Page( visi tings Qf thought.* that lie b 'yond the reach Of thy few words of English speech: A bondage sweetly... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 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...and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the reack Of thy few words of English speech, — A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures... | |
| Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 906 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! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving kind Thus beating up against the wind.... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1927 - 734 pages
...overspread ! Soft smiles, by human kindness bred 1 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... | |
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