 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.  Mrs. Dymond - Page 24by Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1886 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1840 - 370 pages
...May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. 1799I 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 top... | |
 | 1869 - 406 pages
...1'rom May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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.... | |
 | John Walker Brown - Sunday school literature - 1841 - 170 pages
...WITH THE HIGH AMD SACRED TRUST OP WOMAN'S EDUCATION, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. I " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 740 pages
...them, we may say v the philosophical poet ; " 1 saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman loo ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food. * • « » A perfect woman, nobly... | |
 | 1841 - 686 pages
...delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament I saw her, upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pages
...the cheerful dawn; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. " I saw her on a nearer view, A spirit yet a woman too! Her household...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,... | |
 | Lucy Hooper - 1842 - 304 pages
...practical example of her life, how does it realize to us the exquisite picture of Wordsworth ; We see her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions light and free And step of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...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,... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1843 - 884 pages
...then drove off, and Granville returned, without farther interruption, to his residence. CHAPTER IV. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman...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,... | |
 | 1843 - 600 pages
...this — her mission upon earth is a holy and important one. The sweetest of living poets has said, I saw her, upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too : Her household motions light and free And Ptep of viigin iiberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature... | |
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