Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller... Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People - Page 397by Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 558 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1873 - 612 pages
...the conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...spirit still, and bright, With something of an angel fight.' We have read this story with unmixed pleasure, and trust it may not be long before Miss Thackeray... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman ; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still,, and bright With something of an angel li^ht. 15 The REDBREAST and the BUTTERFLY. Art thoa the Bird whom Man loves best. The pious Bird with... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 311 VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine —... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light. >- • VIII. 0 NIGHTINGALE! thou surely art A Creature of ebullient heart : — These notes of thine... | |
| Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...of man ; and our feelings are in harmony with the poet when he speaks of *' A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light." But man has never regarded woman with respect and true love, except so far as he has regarded her as... | |
| Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819 - 266 pages
...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...still and bright, With something of an angel light. WORDSWORTH. AT this part of the conversation, Mr. Everard joined the two friends, and, much pleased... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate...still, and bright With something of an angel light. 134 IX. 0 NIGHTINGALE ! thou surely art A Creature of a fiery heart : — These notes of thine —... | |
| 1843 - 706 pages
...and eyes ? She recalls one of whom an English poet so beautifully sings ; " A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet...still, and bright With something of an angel light." Again do we thank the author for this fine picture of feminine excellence, in which we see so admirably... | |
| 1820 - 696 pages
...Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my third proof from " Ruth :" — " The Youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless,... | |
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