 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
 | English periodicals - 1874 - 972 pages
...quick and eager visitinffs Of thoughts that lie beyond the reach Of thy tew words of English spctirh. A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life." Ah, yet unspoilt Nausicaa of the North, descendant of the dark tender-hearted Celtic girl, and the... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1875 - 184 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.... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays; With no restraint, but such as springs From nuiek and eager visitings Of thoughts that lie beyond the...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 - 1876 - 312 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 Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...! Soft smiles, by human kindness tired ! And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about he ! So have I, not unmoved in mind, Seen birds of tempest-loving kind, Thus beating up against the wind.... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - Nature in literature - 1876 - 278 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... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1876 - 1140 pages
...by human kindness bred 1 And seemliness complete, that sways Thy courtesies, about thee plays \Vith no restraint, but such as springs From quick and eager...beyond the reach Of thy few words of English speech : Л bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives thy gestures grace and life ! So have I, not unmoved... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 574 pages
...looks, 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 he beyond the reach Of thy few words of English speech ; A bondage sweetly brooked, a strife That gives... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1877 - 172 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... | |
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