little less poetical, and certainly more useful in her way: ' 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. Selected Essays - 322. oldalszerző: Abraham Hayward - 1878Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1844 - 384 oldal
...place assigned to us as women— As creatures not too bright or good, For human nature's daily foud; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles!* We are represented as ruling by our feminine attractions, moral or exterior, the passions and imaginations... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 oldal
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; Л being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 oldal
...again, and cor the heart—something that the heart or mind dwells upon ; an authentic memorial of •» A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...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... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 oldal
...free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; 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, 1799. Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse... | |
| Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 oldal
...return to it alone." CHAPTER VII. I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! • * * • i A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. WORDSWORTH. THEY were in the Rue Ponthieu, a long, narrow, unfinished street, then without side walks... | |
| 1846 - 350 oldal
...Ellen was just eighteen, with " a countenance, in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." Never was there a fitter original for this beautiful description of the poet, than Ellen Fitzhugh ;... | |
| Wilton - 1846 - 298 oldal
...first she gleamed upon my sight, " A lovely apparition sent " To be a moment's ornament. • * * " A creature not too bright or good " For human nature's...transient sorrows, simple wiles, " Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smiles. • • • " A perfect woman—nobly planned, " To warn, to comfort,... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 oldal
...rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright or 'rood For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows,...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. Her positive and tangible graces were enough for him. He sought not to exnlt them, but only to exhibit... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 oldal
...by a poetical mind. He arrayed his rustic charmer with few ideal attractions. His vows were paid to A creature not too bright or good For human nature's...daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praisn. blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles. • Her positive and tangible graces were enough for... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 754 oldal
...free, And steps of virgin liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; him living. Mrs B. Alas ! Why are we to curse you...Be». And I, with all my heart ; for I have a Ule smile« And now I see with eye serene The very pube of the machine ; A being breathing thoughtful breath,... | |
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