 SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a...  Poems, selected from the best eds - Page 14by William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...WOHDSWOBTH. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage...was thick with many a curl That clustered round her Load. She tad a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair ;... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 168 pages
...beloved child. are • A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death! I MET a little cottage...wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair : Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? Seven... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 172 pages
...child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death I I MET a little cottage Girl ; She was eight years...wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair : Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ?" " How many ? Seven... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - Children - 1852 - 292 pages
...afraid : I would not lift my little hand To hurt what God has made. Mary Lundie Duncan. WE ARE SEVEN. I met a little cottage girl, She was eight years old,...thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be?" "How many? seven in all," she said, And... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage-girl : She was eight years old, she said Her hair was thick...curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic woodland-air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; Her beauty made me glad.... | |
 | 1852 - 890 pages
...and the crown being discovered, was placed on the head of his successor, Henry VII." WE ABE SEVEN. I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years...she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That cluster'd round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air. And she was poorly clad : Her eyes were fair,... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 360 pages
...1. And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? 2. I met a little cottage-girl : She was eight years old, she said •. Her hair was thick with many a curl, That cluster'd round her head. 3. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad : Her eyes were... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...ending; Of serious faith and inward glee; That was the Song—the Song for me ! Wt m A SIMPLE child, I met a little cottage girl: She was eight years old...wildly clad : Her eyes were fair, and very fair; —Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be ? " "How many? Seven in... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
...life in every limb, What should it know of death f I met a liule cottage girl: She was eight TTears old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl...clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be?" " How many? Seven in... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1853 - 386 pages
...FALLEN . . . . . 303 XXIV. CONCLUSION . . . , .313 NAN DARRELL. CHAPTER I. 1 met a little cottage-girl, She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick...rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her face was fair, and very fair, Her beauty made me e'lad. 'WORDSWOUTII. WHAT a glorious dayJ. Not a heavy... | |
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