 | Meta Lander - Congregational churches - 1854 - 338 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE, AND DOMESTIC CONTRIVANCES TRIALS OF MISSIONARY LIFE — TURKISH IMPOSITIONS. " I saw her upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman...motions light and free, And steps of virgin liberty ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill." WORDS WORTB. THE... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - Charleston (S.C.) - 1854 - 504 pages
...intellect, and noble, generous sensibilities; frank, buoyant, and refined ; yet superior to mere convention. "A spirit, yet a woman too ! Her household motions...light and free, And steps of virgin liberty! — A creature not too bright nor good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...From 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,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...May-time and the cheerful dawn ; A dancing shape, an image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay. 1 saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too...in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright and good • For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple... | |
 | Saskatchewan. Department of Education - Education - 1910 - 260 pages
...From 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 too...in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright and good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles,... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1988 - 324 pages
...From 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 too! Her Children Motherhood came to Rebekah somewhat late in life when Isaac was an aging man. For twenty years... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...From 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...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 too... | |
 | Callum G. Brown - Great Britain - 2001 - 280 pages
...ideal woman. Wordsworth was frequently quoted in religious magazines throughout the nineteenth century: 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,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...From 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...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 too... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...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...virgin liberty; A countenance in which did meet Sweet words, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient... | |
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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. 
