 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 And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller...  The Family and Its Members - Side 46af Anna Garlin Spencer - 1923 - 318 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1873 - 612 sider
...conditions of such a being as Wordsworth describes when he says : — ' A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a 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... | |
 | 1892 - 626 sider
...figure is Mary Verney, wife of Sir Ralph, in whom we recognise not faintly the ideal of Wordsworth — 'The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill, A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command.' ' With one of the sweetest tempers and most cheerful dispositions... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 sider
...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 betwixt...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 sider
...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 betwixt...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 sider
...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 betwixt...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 sider
...kisses, tears, and smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; •- ---- A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller betwixt...temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill, i A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 sider
...; 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 a spirit...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 sider
...one tyrant instead of many !" CHAPTER XIX. A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller 'twist life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will,...foresight, strength, and skill: A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command. And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 sider
...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 betwixt...foresight, strength, and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | 1821 - 420 sider
...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 betwixt...perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light." I produce then my... | |
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