 | 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... | |
 | Anna Garlin Spencer - 1923 - 338 pages
...blessed ; Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates." — PROVERBS. "A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller...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... | |
 | 1824 - 446 pages
...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...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfdrt, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 446 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiled. And now I see, with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine ; A Being...foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, to command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 pages
...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...still, and bright With something of an angel light. But the great distinction and glory of Mr Wordsworth's j poetry, is the intimate converse which it... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...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...and skill, A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; WORDSWORTH. And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles And now I see with eye serene The very pnlae ̀ 0 \ 0 0 nolily plann'd, To warn, to comfort, anil command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...spirit still, and bright With something of an angel Tight. THY ART BE NATURE. A POET! — He hath put his heart to school. Nor dares to move unpropped... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 pages
...transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, lore, kisses, tears, and smile«. And now, I gee with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine : A being...still and bright, With something of an angel light. Such is the portrait which is amplified and placed in a hundred new lights in the PURITAN'S GRAVE.... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...upon nearer view, A spirit, yet a woman too ; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, The temperate will,...planned, To warn, to comfort and command, And yet an angel too, and bright With something of an angel's light." " Beautiful, indeed !" exclaimed Fanny,... | |
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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. 
