 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 440 pages
...was the little Maid's reply, " O Master ! we are seven." " But they are dead ; those two are dead 1 Their spirits are in heaven ! " 'T was throwing words...would have her will, And said, " Nay, we are seven ! " XI. THE IDLE SHEPHERD-BOYS; OK, DUNGEON-GHYLL FORCE.* A PASTORAL. THE valley rings with mirth and... | |
 | M. H. Abrams - 1975 - 494 pages
...speaker of the previous poem, he remains unregenerate, and his final words ironically indict him: 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!" (11.67-69) He confidently assumes the support of his reader, who nevertheless perceives that he has... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne - 1979 - 504 pages
..."How many are you then?" said I, "If they two are in heaven?" 11 Which was the little maid's reply: "O, master, we are seven." "But they are dead, those two are dead; Their spirits are in heaven." 'Twas throwing words away, for still The little maid would have her will And said, "Nay, we are seven."... | |
 | Judd Holt - 1992 - 260 pages
...William Blake "How many are you, then," said I, "If they two are in Heaven?" The little Maiden did reply, "O Master! we are seven." "But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!" Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!"... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb. What should it know of death? (1. 1-4) 156 y thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise! Arise, arise! (II, iii) 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little maid would have her will, And said, 'Nay, we are seven!'... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 pages
...side.' 'How many are you, then,' said I, 'If they two are in heaven?' Quick was the little Maid's reply, 'O Master! we are seven.' 'But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!' 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, 'Nay, we are seven!'... | |
 | G. Kim Blank - 1995 - 284 pages
...counting seven—and oh, the difference to him! In the end, he realizes he is wasting his time: '"Twas throwing words away; for still /The little Maid would have her will" (lines 68-69). He too does not get his way. The irony in these two poems is that although the child... | |
 | Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven L. Nickman - 1996 - 392 pages
...siblings: "How many are you," then said I, "If they two are in heaven?" Quick was the little maid's reply, "O Master, we are seven." "But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away; for stilt The little maid would have her will. And said. "Nay, we are seven!"... | |
 | Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven L. Nickman - 1996 - 392 pages
...Master, we are seven." "But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!" The grave does not obliterate the place of the sibling in the family. Hogan and DeSantis introduce... | |
 | McGuffey - 1997 - 216 pages
...I, '•If they two are in heaven?" Quick was the little maid's reply, "0 master! we are seven." 16. "But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away: for still The little maid would have her will, And said, '' Nay, we are... | |
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And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side". "How many are you, then, "said I, "If they two are in heaven? 
